STOUT v. HENDRICKS

Nos. IP 61-C-236, IP 62-C-326.

228 F.Supp. 613 (1964)

Bruce L. STOUT et al., Plaintiffs, v. Charles O. HENDRICKS, Secretary of State of State of Indiana, et al., Defendants. Nelson G. GRILLS, Plaintiff, v. Matthew E. WELSH, Governor of Indiana, et al., as Members of the State Election Board, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. Indiana, Indianapolis Division.

April 24, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Risch, Jerome M. Strauss, and John Wood, Indianapolis, Ind., for plaintiffs in Stout case.

Nelson Grills, Indianapolis, Ind., pro se.

Edwin K. Steers, Atty. Gen. of Indiana, Indianapolis, Ind., for defendants in both cases.


HOLDER, District Judge.

The three-judge court on November 8, 1963 granted a declaratory judgment to the plaintiffs.1 By this trial court's judgment, we struck down the legislative districts created by Section 2 of Chapters 78 and 271 of the 1921 Acts of the Indiana General Assembly by declaring such Acts unconstitutional. Having determined the issue of constitutionality of the apportionment statutes of 1921, the function and jurisdiction...

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