DANIEL v. DAVIS

Civ. A. No. 2760.

220 F.Supp. 601 (1963)

Tommy DANIEL, Thomas M. Lockwood, Edward J. Lundin, Wilford H. Thomas, Plaintiffs, v. James H. DAVIS et al., Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, Baton Rouge Division.

June 28, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. D. DeBlieux, Ralph Brewer, Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiffs.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Baton Rouge, La., Harry J. Kron, Jr., Thibodaux, La., Thomas W. McFerrin, Frank L. Dobson, Baton Rouge, La., Floyd J. Reed, New Orleans, La., for defendants.

Before WISDOM, Circuit Judge, and WEST and ELLIS, District Judges.


WISDOM, Circuit Judge.

In this class action, filed March 15, 1963, four Louisiana citizens, registered voters in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, ask for a declaratory judgment and for a decree ordering reapportionment of the House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana. A three-judge court was constituted under Section 2284 of Title 28, U.S.C. The Court has original jurisdiction under Sections 2281 and 1343, Title 28 U.S.C., and Section 1983, Title 42 U.S.C...

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