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Fortson v. Morris, 385 U.S. 231 (1966), was a United States Supreme Court case which cleared the path for the Georgia State Legislature to choose the governor in the deadlocked 1966 race between Democrat Lester Maddox and Republican Howard Callaway.

Fortson v. Morris
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued December 5, 1966 Decided December 12, 1966
Full case name	Fortson, Secretary of State of Georgia v. Morris et al.
Docket no.	800
Citations	385 U.S. 231 (more) 87 S.Ct. 446,385 U.S. 231,17 L.Ed.2d 330
Argument	Oral argument
Case history
Prior	Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
Subsequent	Rehearing denied, 385 U.S. 231 (1967)
Holding
Georgia's provision for selecting a Governor is not invalid under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Court membership
Chief Justice Earl Warren Associate Justices Hugo Black · William O. Douglas Tom C. Clark · John M. Harlan II William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart Byron White · Abe Fortas
Case opinions
Majority	Black, joined by Clark, Harlan, Stewart, White
Dissent	Douglas, joined by Warren, Brennan, Fortas
Dissent	Fortas, joined by Warren, Douglas
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. XIV

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