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CUMMINGS v. MESKILL

Civ. A. No. 14736.

347 F.Supp. 1175 (1972)

Theodore R. CUMMINGS et al., Plaintiffs, and Nancy Aronie et al., Intervenors, v. Thomas J. MESKILL et al., Defendants, and J. Brian Gaffney, Intervenor.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

June 19, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Satter, Satter, Fleischmann & Sherbacow, and James Wade, Hartford, Conn., for plaintiffs.

David B. Beizer, Hartford, Conn., for intervening plaintiffs.

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

Francis J. McCarthy and Harry W. Hultgren, Jr., Hartford, Conn., for intervening defendant.

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

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

Intervening defendant asks us to "perfect" the stay order of the Supreme Court, Gaffney v. Cummings, 407 U.S. 902, 92 S.Ct. 2441, 22 L.Ed.2d 679. Our main concern, of course, is that means be found for the electors to choose a valid legislature.

However, the relief sought by intervening defendant would appear to be beyond our powers. It is doubtful, to say the least, that a district court can alter and amend an order of the Supreme...

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