BAKER v. CARR

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles S. Rhyne and Z.T. Osborn, Jr. argued the cause for appellants. With them on the briefs were Hobart F. Atkins, Robert H. Jennings, Jr., J.W. Anderson, C.R. McClain, Harris A. Gilbert, E.K. Meacham and Herzel H.E. Plaine. James M. Glasgow and Jack Wilson, Assistant Attorneys General of Tennessee, argued the cause for appellees. With them on the briefs were George F. McCanless, Attorney General, and Milton P. Rice, Assistant Attorney General. By special leave of the Court, Solicitor General Cox argued the cause for the United States, as amicus curiae, urging reversal. With him on the brief were Acting Assistant Attorney General Doar, Bruce J. Terris, Harold H. Greene, David Rubin and Howard A. Glickstein. Briefs of amici curiae, urging reversal, were filed by Roger Arnebergh, Henry P. Kucera, J. Elliott Drinard, Barnett I. Shur, Alexander G. Brown, Nathaniel H. Goldstick and Charles S. Rhyne for the National Institute of Municipal Law Officers; W. Scott Miller, Jr. and George J. Long for the City of St. Matthews, Kentucky; Upton Sisson, Clare S. Hornsby, Walter L. Nixon, Jr. and John Sekul for Marvin Fortner et al.; and Eugene H. Nickerson and David M. Levitan for John F. English et al.