Board of Estimate of City of New York v. Morris

Board of Estimate of City of New York v. Morris

Infobox SCOTUS case
Litigants=Board of Estimate of City of New York v. Morris
ArgueDate=December 7
ArgueYear=1988
DecideDate=March 22
DecideYear=1989
FullName=Board of Estimate of City of New York, et al. v. Morris, et al.
USVol=489
USPage=688
Citation=109 S.Ct. 1433
Prior=
Subsequent=
Holding=The Board of Estimate's structure is inconsistent with the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment because, although the boroughs have widely disparate populations, each has equal representation on the board.
SCOTUS=1988-1990
Majority=White
JoinMajority=Rehnquist, Marshall, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy
Concurrence=Brennan
JoinConcurrence=Stevens
Concurrence2=Blackmun
LawsApplied=Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

"Board of Estimate of City of New York v. Morris", 489 U.S. 688 (1989), was a case argued before the United States Supreme Court regarding the structure of the New York City Board of Estimate.

Under the charter of the City of Greater New York established in 1898, the Board of Estimate was composed of eight ex officio members: the Mayor of New York City, the New York City Comptroller and the President of the New York City Council, each of whom was elected citywide and had two votes, and the five Borough presidents, each having one vote. [ [http://www.gothamgazette.com/article//20050718/200/1483 Being Borough President] , "Gotham Gazette", July 18, 2005]

The court declared the New York City Board of Estimate unconstitutional on the grounds that the city's most populous borough (Brooklyn) had no greater effective representation on the board than the city's least populous borough (Staten Island), in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause pursuant to the high court's 1964 "one man, one vote" decision ("Reynolds v. Sims"). [ [http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0489_0688_ZS.html Cornell Law School Supreme Court Collection: Board of Estimate of City of New York v. Morris] , accessed June 12, 2006.] The Board was disestablished.

The case was argued on December 7, 1988, and decided on March 22, 1989. Justice Byron White delivered the Court's opinion.

ee also

*List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 489

References

Further reading

*cite journal |last=Poindexter |first=Georgette C. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1996 |month= |title=Legal Empowerment of the Neighbourhood |journal=Urban Studies |volume=33 |issue=10 |pages=1821–1829 |doi=10.1080/0042098966394 |url= |accessdate= |quote=
*cite journal |last=Rosati |first=A. D. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1990 |month= |title=One Person, One Vote: Is it Time for a New Constitutional Principle? |journal=New York Law School Journal of Human Rights |volume=8 |issue= |pages=523 |issn=10464328 |url= |accessdate= |quote=

External links

http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0489_0688_ZS.html


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