ABDUC v. LANE

No. CIV-2-78-13.

468 F.Supp. 33 (1978)

A. Z. ABDUC, etc., Petitioner, v. Stoney R. LANE, etc., Respondent.

United States District Court, E. D. Tennessee, Northeastern Division.

On Rebuttal Hearing March 22, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Guy, Mountain City, Tenn., for petitioner.

Linda Ross Butts, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Tenn., for respondent.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

NEESE, District Judge.

This applicant for the federal writ of habeas corpus, a Negro, complains that he was tried, convicted and is incarcerated by the respondent under an indictment returned by a grand jury constituted exclusively of white persons and as to which there was substantial underrepresentation of Negroes and black persons resulting from purposeful discrimination. It was determined factually after a hearing on the...

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