Supreme Court Opinion from C. G. Comillion, et al., Petitioners, v. Phil M. Lightfoot, as Mayor of the City of Tuskegee, et al

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Supreme Court Opinion from C. G. Comillion, et al., Petitioners, v. Phil M. Lightfoot, as Mayor of the City of Tuskegee, et al

1960

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This opinion, delivered by Justice Felix Frankfurter, concerned the validity of Local Act No. 140, passed by the Legislature of Alabama in 1957, which redefined the boundaries of the City of Tuskegee from a square to "an uncouth twenty-eight-sided figure". The Court found that: "...the inescapable human effect of this essay in geometry and geography is to despoil colored citizens, and only colored citizens, of their theretofore enjoyed voting rights." Also included is a map detailing the original and redrawn boundaries.

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Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965

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Felix Frankfurter (November 15, 1882 – February 22, 1965) was an American lawyer, professor, and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Frankfurter served on the Supreme Court from 1939 to 1962 and was a noted advocate of judicial restraint in the judgments of the Court. Frankfurter was born in Vienna, Austria, and immigrated to New York City at the age of 12. After graduating from Harvard Law School, Frankfurter worked for Secretary of War Henry ...