Amos v. Sims

Amos, Secretary of State of Alabama v. Sims

Amos v. Sims, 409 U.S. 942 (1972)

Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Decided: October 24, 1972
Docket: No. 72-12
Citations: 409 U.S. 94293 S. Ct. 290

Cited by 32 2 descriptions by later courts

Opinion of the Court

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Affirmed on appeal from D. C. M. D. Ala.

How later courts describe this case

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(affirming fee award against state legislators who intervened to defend legislative apportionment scheme)

Indep. Fed'n of Flight Attendants v. Zipes, 491 U.S. 754 (1989)
(Reapportionment, fee granted, holding justified under categories (2) and (3))

Stokes v. Lecce, 384 F. Supp. 1039 (E.D. Pa. 1974)

Cited by 32 cases

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Welsch v. Likins68 F.R.D. 589 (D. Minnesota 1975)
Brandenburger v. Thompson494 F.2d 885 (9th Cir. 1974)
Woodland Hills Residents Ass'n v. City Council of Los Angeles593 P.2d 200 (Cal. 1979)
Dr. Joseph T. Skehan v. Board of Trustees of Bloomsburg State College538 F.2d 53 (3d Cir. 1976)
Samuel J. Jordon v. John J. Gilligan500 F.2d 701 (6th Cir. 1974)
Miller v. Carson401 F. Supp. 835 (M.D. Fla. 1975)

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Independent Federation of Flight Attendants v. Zipes491 U.S. 754 (1989) · Dissent
Bartling v. Glendale Adventist Medical Center184 Cal. App. 3d 97 (1986)
Burton v. Hobbie561 F. Supp. 1029 (M.D. Ala. 1983)
Farnum v. Burns548 F. Supp. 769 (D.R.I. 1982)
Fitzgerald v. Hampton545 F. Supp. 53 (D.D.C. 1982)
Roberts v. Lemos651 F.2d 201 (3d Cir. 1981)

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