WHITE V. REGESTER (1973) LEGAL ISSUE(S)

The Court considered the following questions:

1. Are the legislative districts for the Texas House of Representatives drawn by the Texas Legislative Redistricting Board unconstitutional because the districts vary too much in population size and thus violate the equal protection of the law clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?
2. Are the multimember Texas House districts created for Dallas and Bexar counties discriminatory against racial or ethnic minorities in those counties and thus unconstitutional?