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BAKER v. CLEMENT

Civ. A. No. 3945.

247 F.Supp. 886 (1965)

Charles W. BAKER et al., Plaintiffs, v. Frank G. CLEMENT, Governor of the State of Tennessee, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court M. D. Tennessee, Nashville Division.

November 19, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter Chandler and John M. Heiskell, Memphis, Tenn., for plaintiffs.

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., and Milton P. Rice, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Tennessee, Nashville, Tenn., for defendants.

Hobart F. Atkins, Knoxville, Tenn., for intervening petitioner Guy L. Smith.

Gilbert Merritt, Jr., Asst. Director of Law, Metropolitan Government, Nashville, Tenn., for Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tenn.

Paul R. Leitner, Chattanooga, Tenn., for intervening petitioner Z. Cartter Patten.

Jack McNeil, Memphis, Tenn., for intervening petitioners-residents of Shelby County, Tenn.

George O. Benton, Jackson, Tenn., for intervening Commissioners of Elections for Madison County, Tenn.

Before PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge, MILLER, Chief District Judge, and GRAY, District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

This case presents the question of whether the statute creating Tennessee's nine congressional districts violates Article 1, Section 2 of the Constitution of the United States.

This statute, Chapter 4, Public Acts of the Extraordinary Session of 1965, T. C.A. § 2-502 (1965 Supp.),1 amended the existing code section bearing the same number, which was codified from Chapter 251, Public Acts of 1951. By its terms the...

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