Home > Great American Court Cases > Hadley v. Junior College District

Legal Citation: 397 U.S. 50 (1969)

Appellant
Della Hadley et al.

Appellee
The Junior College District of Metropolitan Kansas City, Missouri et al.

Appellant's Claim
That the voting rights of a group of junior college district residents were unconstitutionally diluted in violation of the "one man, one vote" principle.

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Irving Achtenberg

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
William J. Burrell

Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black (writing for the Court), Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr., William O. Douglas, Thurgood Marshall, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
Warren E. Burger, John Marshall Harlan II, Potter Stewart

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
25 February 1969

Decision
The Equal Protection Clause of the...