Charles BAKER et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
Joe C. CARR et al., Defendants.
United States District Court M. D. Tennessee, Nashville Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
June 22, 1962.
June 22, 1962.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Z. T. Osborn, Jr., Nashville, Tenn., Walter Chandler, Memphis, Tenn., Hobart F. Atkins, Knoxville, Tenn., for original plaintiffs.
Ben West, Mayor, City of Nashville, Tenn., Harris Gilbert, Robert Jennings, Jr., City Atty., Z. T. Osborn, Jr., Nashville, Tenn., Charles S. Rhyne, Washington, D. C., for intervening plaintiffs.
E. K. Meacham, J. W. Anderson, City Atty., Chattanooga, Tenn., for City of Chattanooga, Tenn.
George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., Milton P. Rice, David M. Pack, Asst. Attys. Gen., State of Tennessee, Nashville, Tenn., for original defendants.
Edwin F. Hunt, Nashville, Tenn., for intervenor defendant, Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation, Inc.
C. R. McClain, Director of Law, Knoxville, Tenn., City of Knoxville, Tenn.
Cecil Branstetter, Nashville, Tenn., Tennessee State Labor Council, AFL-CIO.
Before WEICK, Circuit Judge, and BOYD and MILLER, District Judges.
United States District Court M. D. Tennessee, Nashville Division.
PER CURIAM.
This action is before the Court upon remand from the Supreme Court following its ruling that federal courts have jurisdiction of actions involving invidious discriminations in the distribution of state legislative seats. Baker et al. v. Carr et al., 369 U.S. 186, 82 S.Ct. 691, 7 L.Ed.2d 663. It was specifically held by the Supreme Court (a) that this Court possessed jurisdiction of the subject matter; (b) that a justiciable...
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