John Marshall Harlan II,
Lucas v. Rhodes — Dissent
“ The appellants, Ohio voters, challenge the constitutionality of Ohio's 1964 congressional redistricting statute. They assert that the redistricting plan does not satisfy the standard of population equality laid down in Wesberry v. Sanders, supra, because some of the resulting districts vary as much as 13% above and 18% below the population average, according to the 1960 census. ”
John Marshall Harlan II,
Lucas v. Rhodes — Dissent
“ This Court held in Wesberry, supra, at 7-8, 84 S.Ct. at 530, that 'as nearly as is practicable one man's vote in a congressional election [must] be worth as much as another's.' However, mathematical exactness was not required of a redistricting plan, 376 U.S., at 18, 84 S.Ct., at 535, and what is marginally allowable in one State may be unacceptable in another, cf. ”
