Henry J. TOOMBS et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
Ben W. FORTSON, Jr., as Secretary of State of Georgia, et al., Defendants.
United States District Court N. D. Georgia, Atlanta Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
March 25, 1966.
March 25, 1966.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Francis Shackelford, Atlanta, Ga., Joseph B. Cumming, Augusta, Ga., William B. Gunter, A. R. Kenyon, Gainesville, Ga., Hamilton Lokey, Edward S. White, Israel Katz, Emmet J. Bondurant, Atlanta, Ga., J. Quentin Davidson, Columbus, Ga., Albert P. Reichert, Macon, Ga., John E. Simpson, Savannah, Ga., Raymond M. Reed, Marietta, Ga., John W. Sognier, Savannah, Ga., for plaintiffs.
Arthur K. Bolton, Atty. Gen., State of Georgia, Atlanta, Ga., George P. Dillard, Herbert O. Edwards and Robert E. Mozley, Decatur, Ga., Neill Leach, Scott, Scroggins, Cash & Crim, George Finch, George D. Stewart, Atlanta, Ga., for defendants.
Before TUTTLE and BELL, Circuit Judges, and MORGAN, District Judge.
United States District Court N. D. Georgia, Atlanta Division.
PER CURIAM:
OPINION AND ORDER
Plaintiffs have moved for further relief in this state legislature reapportionment litigation in light of the opinion of the Supreme Court in the Florida case of Swann v. Adams, 383 U.S. 210, 86 S.Ct. 767, 15 L.Ed.2d 707, per curiam opinion dated February 25, 1966. They seek an order requiring immediate reapportionment of both houses of the General Assembly of Georgia so as to be effective for...
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