Baker v. Carr Archives | HistoryNet

Attorneys for the plaintiffs in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Baker v. Carr (from left) Hobart Atkins, Harris Gilbert, Z.T. Osborn Jr., Warren Chandler, and C.R. McClain in May 1962. The case, brought by Millington, Tenn., Mayor Charles W. Baker and other organizations against Tennessee Secretary of State Joe C. Carr, had profound implications for state legislature apportionment.

The Landmark U.S. Supreme Court Decision So Profound That One Justice Had a Nervous Breakdown

by Daniel B. Moskowitz12/10/202112/8/2021

How a court case on rebalancing state-level representation of residents of cities and suburbs tested the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court like no other