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- This case had been a landmark decision regarding the issues of the equal protection of equal protection under law and abidance of laws stated within a state's constitution.
- The case arose when the Baker claimed that Tennessee had not redistricted since 1901, citing that it should be redrawn every decade to ensure equal districts among the population.
- The case had been brought to the Supreme Court and there had no been decision up until a year later after the case had ended (where Baker's case ruled justifiable). This case had changed the nature of political representation within America in the decades to come.