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DONNELLY v. MESKILL

Civ. Nos. 15103, 15109.

345 F.Supp. 962 (1972)

Harold F. DONNELLY et al., Plaintiffs, v. Thomas J. MESKILL, Governor of the State of Connecticut, et al., Defendants, J. Brian Gaffney et al., Intervenors. Christopher G. LINDSAY et al., Plaintiffs, v. Thomas J. MESKILL, Governor of the State of Connecticut et al., Defendants, J. Brian Gaffney et al., Intervenors.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

July 18, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis J. McCarthy, Hartford, Conn., for Harold F. Donnelly and others.

Alan Neigher, Bridgeport, Conn., for Christopher G. Lindsay and others.

Robert K. Killian, Atty. Gen., Raymond J. Cannon and Barney Lapp, Asst. Attys. Gen., of counsel), for defendants.

Richard R. Stewart, Hartford, Conn., for Intervenor J. Brian Gaffney.

James A. Wade, Hartford, Conn. and Robert Satter, Satter, Fleischmann & Sherbacow, Hartford, Conn., for Intervenor John M. Bailey.

Joseph Adinolfi, Jr., Adinolfi, O'Brien & Hays, Hartford, Conn., for Intervenor William R. Cotter.

W. Paul Flynn, Kopkind & Flynn, New Haven, Conn., for Intervenor Robert N. Giaimo.

S. William Bromson, Windsor Locks, Conn., for Intervenor Ella T. Grasso.

Francis B. Feeley, Feeley, Elliott & Nichols, Waterbury, Conn., for Intervenor John S. Monagan.

Before SMITH, Circuit Judge, BLUMENFELD and ZAMPANO, District Judges.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge:

These two cases, attacking the constitutionality of the present Congressional district boundaries in Connecticut, arise under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, Article VI, Clause 2 of the Constitution (the Supremacy Clause) and 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1988. Jurisdiction is conferred by 28 U.S.C. §§ 1343(3) and 1343(4). Plaintiffs seek temporary and permanent...

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