TOOMBS ET AL.

v.

FORTSON, SECRETARY OF STATE OF GEORGIA, ET AL.

Citator

Cited By

• Jackson v. The Consol. Gov't OF the City OF Jacksonville, 225 So. 2d 497 (Fla. 1969)
  …igh as 24% above the average and as low as 36% below the average. Using current figures the maximum variation is only 11.-82%, well within the federal guidelines. Toombs v. Fortson, 241 F.Supp. 65, U.S. D.C. N.D. Ga.: 1965, affirmed without opinion, 384 U.S. 210, 86 S.Ct. 1464, 16 L. Ed.2d 482; Swann v. Adams, 263 F.Supp. 225, U.S.D.C., S.D. Fla.: 1967. “If plaintiffs’ contention were accepted and reapportionment were ordered on the basis of the 1960 census figures, this Court would be in the incongruous p…
• Jackson v. Consol. Gov't of City of Jacksonville, 31 Fla. Supp. 151 (Duval Cty. Cir. Ct. 1968)
  …high as 24% above the average and as low as 36% below the average. Using current figures the maximum variation is only 11.82%, well within the federal guidelines. Toombs v. Fortson, 241 F.Supp. 65, U.S.D.C., N.D. Ga.: 1965, affirmed without opinion, 384 U.S. 210; Swann v. Adams, 263 F.Supp. 225, U.S.D.G., S.D. Fla.: 1967. If plaintiffs’ contention were accepted and reapportionment were ordered on the basis of the 1960 census figures, this court would be in the incongruous position of not only setting aside…
• Kilgarlin v. Hill, 386 U.S. 120 (U.S. 1967)
  …the 1966 election to proceed under H. B. 195 although constitutionally infirm in certain respects. In- the particular circumstances of this case there is ample precedent for the court’s action. See Drum v. Seawell, 383 U. S. 831; Toombs v. Fortson, 384 U. S. 210. We also affirm the court’s judgment insofar as it held that appellants had not proved their allegations that H. B. 195 Was a racial or political gerrymander violating the Fourteenth Amendment, that it unconstitutionally deprived Negroes of their fr…