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BAKER v. CARR

Civ. A. No. 2724.

179 F.Supp. 824 (1959)

Charles BAKER et al., Plaintiffs, v. Joe C. CARR et al., Defendants.

United States District Court M. D. Tennessee, Nashville Division.

December 21, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denney, Leftwich & Osborn, Nashville, Tenn., Hobart Atkins, Knoxville, Tenn., Chandler, Manire & Chandler, Memphis, Tenn., for plaintiff.

George McCanless, Atty. Gen. of State of Tennessee, Allison B. Humphreys, Sol. Gen., State of Tennessee, Nashville, Tenn., for defendant.

Robert H. Jennings, Jr., Harris Gilbert, Nashville, Tenn., for City of Nashville, Tenn.

J. W. Anderson, City Atty., E. K. Meacham, Chattanooga, Tenn., for City of Chattanooga, Tenn.

Before MARTIN, Circuit Judge, and BOYD and MILLER, District Judges.

PER CURIAM.

The original plaintiffs and intervening plaintiffs, citizens and qualified voters residing in different areas of Tennessee, seek to challenge in this action under the equal protection and due process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment the existing legislative apportionment in Tennessee. Briefly summarized, the contentions of the plaintiffs1 are as follows:

The Constitution of Tennessee (Article 2, Sections 4, 5 and...

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