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KOPALD v. CARR

Civ. A. No. 6576.

343 F.Supp. 51 (1972)

S. L. KOPALD, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Joe C. CARR, Secretary of State of the State of Tennessee, et al., Defendants.

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

May 22, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis R. Donelson, III, and Robert Walker, Memphis, Tenn., for plaintiffs.

William E. Badgett, Knoxville, Tenn., for plaintiff-intervenors.

Milton P. Rice, Deputy Atty. Gen., William Henry Haile, Robin H. Roberts, and William L. Barry, Asst. Attys. Gen., State of Tennessee, for defendants.

Before MILLER, Circuit Judge, GRAY, Chief District Judge, and MORTON, District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

This court is called upon to rule on a challenge to the most recent statutory reapportionment of the General Assembly of Tennessee. It is asserted that this legislation violates the "one-man, one-vote" Constitutional mandate. See e. g. Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186, 82 S.Ct. 691, 7 L.Ed.2d 663 (1962).

Each of the challenged statutes1 includes a principal plan, and an alternative...

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