CALKINS v. HARE

Civ. A. No. 22720.

228 F.Supp. 824 (1964)

Donald A. CALKINS and Karl J. Jacobs, Plaintiffs, v. James M. HARE, Secretary of State for the State of Michigan, Defendant, Alvin M. Bentley, Intervenor.

United States District Court E. D. Michigan, S. D.

March 26, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore Sachs, Rothe, Marston, Mazey, Sachs & O'Connell, Detroit, Mich. (Harold Norris, Detroit, Mich., of counsel), for plaintiffs.

Frank J. Kelley and Robert A. Derengoski, Lansing, Mich., for James M. Hare, Secretary of State for State of Michigan.

William B. Cudlip, William Gerald Warren, and Richard C. Van Dusen, Philip Weiss, Detroit, Mich., Norman L. Des Jardins, Owosso, Mich., for Alvin Bentley.

Before O'SULLIVAN, Circuit Judge, and SMITH and ROTH, District Judges.


TALBOT SMITH, District Judge.

The plaintiffs have challenged the constitutionality of the congressional districting in this state.

The action had been started on June 29, 1962, plaintiffs alleging in their original bill of complaint that the congressional districts then established (by Act 20, P.A.1931, as amended by Act 64, P.A. 1951) were unconstitutional. A preliminary injunction was denied by this court on July 10, 1962. In June, 1963, effective September...

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