ELLIS v. MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE CITY

Civ. No. 14555.

267 F.Supp. 263 (1967)

Frank J. ELLIS, in his own right and on Behalf of numerous other voters of Baltimore City who are similarly situated, v. MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE CITY and Board of Supervisors of Elections for Baltimore City. Cross Claim of Lawrence S. Best, Intervenor.

United States District Court D. Maryland.

May 3, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Archie D. Williams, Baltimore, Md., for plaintiff.

Ambrose T. Hartman, Deputy City Sol., Baltimore, Md., for Mayor & City Council.

Edward L. Blanton, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Baltimore, Md., for Supervisors of Elections.

Leon H. A. Pierson, Baltimore, Md., for Best, Intervenor.


THOMSEN, Chief Judge.

This action has run an unusual and tortuous course. Its history through October 1965 is set out in the opinion which Judge Winter wrote for this Court, 234 F.Supp. 945 (1964), and in the opinion of the Fourth Circuit, 352 F.2d 123 (1965).

The original complaint filed in April 1963 challenged on equal protection grounds...

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