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Burnette v. Davis

U.S.
Oct 25, 1965
382 U.S. 42 (1965)
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In Burnette, we summarily affirmed a three-judge District Court ruling, Mann v. Davis, 245 F. Supp. 241 (ED Va. 1965), which upheld a multi-member district consisting of the city of Richmond, Va., and suburban Henrico County over the objections of both urban Negroes and suburban whites.

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APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA.

No. 241.

Decided October 25, 1965.

Together with No. 424, Thornton et al. v. Davis et al., also on appeal from the same court.

245 F. Supp. 241, affirmed.

Aubrey R. Bowles, Jr., and Aubrey R. Bowles III for appellants in No. 241. Samuel W. Tucker and Henry L. Marsh III for appellants in No. 424.

Robert Y. Button, Attorney General of Virginia, R. D. McIlwaine III, Assistant Attorney General, David J. Mays and Henry T. Wickham for appellees.

PER CURIAM.

The motions to affirm are granted and the judgment is affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE FORTAS took no part in the consideration or decision of these cases.

Summaries of

Burnette v. Davis

U.S.
Oct 25, 1965
382 U.S. 42 (1965)

In Burnette, we summarily affirmed a three-judge District Court ruling, Mann v. Davis, 245 F. Supp. 241 (ED Va. 1965), which upheld a multi-member district consisting of the city of Richmond, Va., and suburban Henrico County over the objections of both urban Negroes and suburban whites.

Summary of this case from Whitcomb v. Chavis

In Burnette v. Davis, 382 U.S. 42, 15 L.Ed.2d 35, the Court affirmed per curiam a three-judge District Court decision — Mann v. Davis, 245 F. Supp. 241 (E.D. Va.) — that a multi-member district combining Richmond and Henrico County in Virginia was constitutional despite claims of discrimination based on figures which showed that Negroes constituted 42% of the city population but only 29% of the combined district population.

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Burnette v. Davis

Case Details

Full title:BURNETTE ET AL. v . DAVIS ET AL

Court:U.S.

Date published: Oct 25, 1965

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382 U.S. 42 (1965)

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