DUNN v. STATE OF OKLAHOMA

Civ. No. 72-7.

343 F.Supp. 320 (1972)

Vernon DUNN et al., Plaintiffs, Oklahoma State Conference of Branches of the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People, Intervenor-Plaintiff, v. The STATE OF OKLAHOMA, its duly elected or appointed and acting officers and agencies, including David Hall, Governor, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Oklahoma.

June 15, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Russell and Donald E. Herrold, of Jopling, Blankenship Herrold, Russell & Leonard, Oklahoma City, Okl., and William C. Doty, Jr., Oklahoma City, Okl., for plaintiffs.

Henry W. Floyd, Oklahoma City, Okl., and Nathaniel R. Jones and James I. Meyerson, New York City, for intervenor-plaintiff.

Larry Derryberry, Atty. Gen., State of Okl., Robert H. Mitchell and Marvin C. Emerson, Asst. Attys. Gen., Oklahoma City, Okl., for defendants.

Before McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judge, BOHANON, Chief District Judge, and EUBANKS, District Judge.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

PER CURIAM.

GENERAL ISSUES AND JURISDICTION

This is an action for declaratory and injunctive relief brought by the Plaintiffs, individually, and on behalf of citizens and electors of the state similarly situated under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and § 1988 seeking this Court to declare the State House of Representatives Apportionment Act of 1971, O.S.L.1971, c. 118, codified as 14 O.S.1971, §§ 111-115, both inclusive...

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