MAGRAW v. DONOVAN

Civ. No. 2981.

163 F.Supp. 184 (1958)

Daniel B. MAGRAW, John O. Erickson, Ruth H. O'Dell, Arthur R. Swan, Plaintiffs, v. Joseph L. DONOVAN, Secretary of State of the State of Minnesota; Walter H. Borgen, Auditor of St. Louis County, Minnesota; Robert F. Fitzsimmons, Auditor of Hennepin County, Minnesota; Eugene A. Monick, Auditor of Ramsey County, Minnesota, Frances L. Underleak, Auditor of Olmstead County, Minnesota, individually as auditors of their respective counties and representatives of all County Auditors of the State of Minnesota, Defendants, and County of Houston, County of Grant, County of Otter Tail; and Dolores Hauge, Auditor of County of Houston, G. J. Lynne, Auditor of County of Grant, and S. B. Johnson, Auditor of County of Otter Tail, Intervening Defendants.

United States District Court D. Minnesota, Third Division.

July 10, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank S. Farrell and William C. Meier, St. Paul, Minn., for plaintiffs, Reginald Ames, William A. Bierman, O. H. Godfrey, Jr., William B. Randall, Joseph A. Rheinberger, John G. Robertson, St. Paul, Minn., of counsel.

Stanley D. Kane and Neal D. Peterson, Minneapolis, Minn., for Minn. State League of Women Voters, amicus curiae.

Marshman S. Wattson, Minneapolis, Minn., and Patrick J. Foley, Rochester, Minn., for Minn. Branch, American Civil Liberties Union, amicus curiae.

Miles Lord, Atty. Gen., and Harold J. Soderberg, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant Joseph L. Donovan, Secretary of State.

Thomas J. Naylor, County Atty., Duluth, Minn., for defendant Walter H. Borgen, Auditor, St. Louis County.

George M. Scott, County Atty., Minneapolis, Minn., for defendant Robert F. Fitzsimmons, Auditor, Hennepin County.

James F. Lynch, County Atty., and Robert G. Flynn, Asst. County Atty., St. Paul, Minn., for defendant Eugene A. Monick, Auditor, Ramsey County.

L. L. Roerkohl, County Atty., Caledonia, Minn., for defendants Houston County and Dolores Hauge, Auditor.

I. L. Swanson, County Atty., Elbow Lake, Minn., for defendants Grant County and G. J. Lynne, Auditor.

Owen V. Thompson, County Atty., Fergus Falls, Minn., for defendants Otter Tail County and S. B. Johnson, Auditor.

Before SANBORN, Circuit Judge, and BELL and DEVITT, District Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The plaintiffs, citizens and voters of the state of Minnesota and residents of several of the more densely populated areas of that state, principally the urban sections, bring this action asking that the 1913 Minnesota Legislative Redistricting Act (Chapter 91, Minn.Laws 1913; Minn.Stat.1953, § 2.02 et seq.; M.S.A. § 2.02 et seq.) be declared invalid and that the Secretary of State and County Auditors be enjoined from operating the election machinery...

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