Your monthly support provides voters the knowledge they need to make confident decisions at the polls. Donate today.
DUSCH et al. v. DAVIS et al. (1967)
- Justices
- CASES BY TERM
- Supreme Court cases, October term 2025-2026
- Supreme Court cases, October term 2024-2025
- Supreme Court cases, October term 2023-2024
- Supreme Court cases, October term 2022-2023
- Supreme Court cases, October term 2021-2022
- Supreme Court cases, October term 2020-2021
- Supreme Court cases, October term 2019-2020
- Supreme Court cases, October term 2018-2019
- Supreme Court cases, October term 2017-2018
- Supreme Court cases, October term 2016-2017
- Supreme Court cases, October term 2015-2016
- All earlier cases
- HISTORY OF THE COURT
- Recent vacancies
 |
| DUSCH et al. v. DAVIS et al. |
|---|
| Term: 1966 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: April 18, 1967 |
| Decided: May 22, 1967 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed |
| Vote |
| 9-0 |
| Majority |
| Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • Earl Warren • Byron White |
| Concurring |
| John Harlan II • Potter Stewart |
DUSCH et al. v. DAVIS et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 22, 1967. The case was argued before the court on April 18, 1967.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Virginia Eastern U.S. District Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Civil Rights - reapportionment: other than plans governed by the Voting Rights Act
- Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
- Petitioner state: Virginia
- Respondent type: voter, prospective voter, elector, or a nonelective official seeking reapportionment or redistricting of legislative districts (POL)
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 387 U.S. 112
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
- Who wrote the majority opinion: William Douglas
These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
External links
Footnotes
