Gomillion et al. v. Lightfoot et al.

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Gomillion_et_al._v._Lightfoot_et_al.
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Gomillion_v._Lightfoot
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Fifteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:arguedDate 1960-10-18
gptkbp:citation 364 U.S. 339
gptkbp:date 1960-11-14
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:Phil_Lightfoot
gptkbp:heldBy Alabama's redrawing of Tuskegee city boundaries to exclude Black voters violated the Fifteenth Amendment
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Gomillion et al. v. Lightfoot et al.
gptkbp:legalImpact prohibited racial gerrymandering in voting districts
gptkbp:location gptkb:Tuskegee,_Alabama
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Felix_Frankfurter
gptkbp:plaintiff gptkb:Charles_Gomillion
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Baker_v._Carr
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:activist
voting rights in the United States
gptkbp:subject voting rights
racial gerrymandering
gptkbp:unanimousDecision true
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Gomillion_v._Lightfoot
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7