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- Wright v. Rockefeller, 376 U.S. 52 (1964), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that in cases involving allegations of improper racial gerrymandering, where the evidence was "equally, or more, persuasive" that racial considerations had not motivated the State Legislature, the Court will give deference to the findings of the District Court. (en)
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- Wright v. Rockefeller, (en)
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- Douglas (en)
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- Wright et al. v. Rockefeller, Governor of New York, et al. (en)
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- A New York statute that delineated the boundaries of the congressional district in Manhattan Island did not segregate eligible voters by race and place of origin in violation of the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment and in violation of the Fifteenth Amendment. Judgment of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York affirmed. (en)
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- U.S. Const. Amend. XIV; U.S. Const. Amend. XV; N.Y. State Law ยง 111. (en)
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- Wright v. Rockefeller (en)
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- Judgment for defendants, injunction denied 211 F. Supp. 460 (en)
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- Wright v. Rockefeller, 376 U.S. 52 (1964), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that in cases involving allegations of improper racial gerrymandering, where the evidence was "equally, or more, persuasive" that racial considerations had not motivated the State Legislature, the Court will give deference to the findings of the District Court. (en)
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