Wesberry v. Sanders
Wesberry v. Sanders
The case of Wesberry v. Sanders was decided by the United States Supreme Court in 1964. The case originated in the state of Georgia and involved United States Congressional districts. Wesberry is one of the seminal redistricting cases of the 1960. Wesberry v. Sanders was a part of a series of “one man, one vote” cases that had a significant impact on the composition of the United States House of Representatives. It was decided on the heels of Baker v. Carr, a 1962 redistricting case that held that redistricting question were not political questions outside of the court’s ...