VALENTI v. DEMPSEY

Civ. No. 9544.

211 F.Supp. 911 (1962)

James J. VALENTI, Plaintiff, v. John DEMPSEY, Governor of the State of Connecticut, Ella T. Grasso, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, Albert L. Coles, Attorney General of the State of Connecticut, Donald J. Irwin, Treasurer of the State of Connecticut, and Raymond S. Thatcher, Comptroller of the State of Connecticut, Defendants.

United States District Court D. Connecticut.

December 20, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alphonse DiBenedetto and Alfred E. DeCapua, New Haven, Conn., for plaintiff.

Albert L. Coles, Atty. Gen. State of Connecticut, Hartford, Conn., for defendants.

Before CLARK, Circuit Judge, and ANDERSON and TIMBERS, District Judges.


CLARK, Circuit Judge.

This is an application for a preliminary injunction in the pending civil action brought by the plaintiff as a citizen and voter of Connecticut to establish his rights to a representation in the Connecticut General Assembly more in accordance with the number of electors voting for the respective Senate and House members in the two chambers of the Connecticut legislature. The application was heard by...

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