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JANSEN v. STATE

1 Div. 32.

137 So.2d 47 (1962)

V. R. JANSEN, Judge of the Probate Court of Mobile County, v. STATE of Alabama ex rel. Maurice A. DOWNING.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

January 18, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

V. R. Jansen and Pillans, Reams, Tappan, Wood & Roberts and A. L. Phillips, Jr., Mobile, for appellant.

Maurice A. Downing, appellee, pro se.

W. Dewitt Reams, Mobile, for Frank W. Boykin, amicus curiae.

Jas. E. Moore, Mobile, Hobdy G. Rains, Gadsden, Ralph Y. Smith and Frank J. Mizell, Montgomery, for State Democratic Executive Committee, amici curiae.

GOODWYN, Justice.

This case involves the validity of Act No. 154, appvd. Sept. 15, 1961, which was passed at the 1961 Special Session of the Legislature. The Act provides for the manner of nominating candidates for Congress in primary elections and electing congressmen in statewide general elections, subject to certain contingencies set forth in the Act. It has been referred to as the "9-8 Plan" and is a legislative design, in lieu of redistricting, for meeting the...

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