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Wood v. Broom, 287 U.S. 1 (1932)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Wood v. Broom, 287 U.S. 1 (1932)
Wood v. Broom No. 424 Argued October 13, 1932 Decided October 18, 1932 287 U.S. 1
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI
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1. The provisions of the Reapportionment Act of August 8, 1911, requiring that congressional election districts be of contiguous and compact territory and, as nearly as practicable, of equal populations, related only to the districts to be formed under that Act, and were not reenacted in the Reapportionment Act of June 18, 1929. P. 8.
2. Where a bill sought to compel state election officials to conform to an Act of Congress which the court found to be no longer in force, held that questions whether, if the Act were effective, the controversy would be justiciable and the plaintiff entitled to equitable relief need not be considered. Id.
1 F.Supp. 134 reversed.
Appeal from a decree of the District Court of three judges, which, on final hearing on bill and answer, permanently enjoined officers of the State of Mississippi from conducting an election of representatives in Congress, in pursuance of an act of the legislature which the decree declared to be invalid and unconstitutional.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Wood v. Broom, 287 U.S. 1 (1932) in 287 U.S. 1 287 U.S. 4. Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=MZNR71QSZQ5HP3Q.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Wood v. Broom, 287 U.S. 1 (1932), in 287 U.S. 1, page 287 U.S. 4. Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=MZNR71QSZQ5HP3Q.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Wood v. Broom, 287 U.S. 1 (1932). cited in 1932, 287 U.S. 1, pp.287 U.S. 4. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=MZNR71QSZQ5HP3Q.
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