Legal Citation: 376 U.S. 1 (1964)

Appellant
James P. Wesberry

Appellee
Carl E. Sanders

Appellant's Claim
That the Georgia apportionment statute resulted in election districts that were unconstitutionally disproportionate to one another in population size.

Chief Lawyers for Appellant
Emmet J. Bondurant II and Frank T. Cash

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Paul Rodgers

Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black (writing for the Court), William J. Brennan, Jr., Tom C. Clark, William O. Douglas, Arthur Goldberg, Earl Warren, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
John Marshall Harlan II, Potter Stewart

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
17 February 1964

Decision
The Supreme Court struck down the Georgia apportionment statute.