CONNOR v. JOHNSON

Civ. A. No. 3830.

256 F.Supp. 962 (1966)

Peggy J. CONNOR et al., Plaintiffs, v. Paul B. JOHNSON et al., Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. Mississippi, Jackson Division.

July 22, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Marcuse, Waterbury, Conn., Kunstler, Kunstler & Kinoy, William M. Kunstler and Arthur Kinoy, New York City, Smith, Waltzer, Jones & Peebles, Benjamin Smith, Bruce C. Waltzer, New Orleans, La., Morton Stavis, Newark, N. J., Carl Rachlin, Melvin L. Wulf, A.C. L.U., New York City, Alvin Bronstein, R. Jess Brown, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiffs.

Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., Martin R. McLendon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for defendants.

Before COLEMAN, Circuit Judge, and COX and RUSSELL, District Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The suit was filed October 19, 1965. The plaintiffs are adult, resident citizens and qualified electors of the State of Mississippi. The defendants are the three Members of the State Board of Election Commissioners, the Speaker of the State House of Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the State Senate.

Upon appropriate supporting factual allegations, the plaintiffs seek the reapportionment of the Mississippi Legislature in keeping...

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