Charles W. BAKER et al.
v.
Buford ELLINGTON, Governor of the State of Tennessee et al.
United States District Court M. D. Tennessee, Nashville Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
July 13, 1967.
July 13, 1967.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Walter Chandler, Chandler, Manire, Johnson & Chandler, John M. Heiskell, Montedonico, Boone, Gilliland, Heiskell, & Loch, Memphis, Tenn., for plaintiffs.
George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., State of Tennessee, Milton P. Rice, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Tennessee, Nashville, Tenn., Neill Brown, Director of Law, Nashville, Tenn., George O. Benton, Jackson, Tenn., for defendants.
Fred Elledge, Jr., Nashville, Tenn., for intervening petitioner Guy L. Smith.
Paul R. Leitner, Chattanooga, Tenn., for intervening petitioner Z. Cartter Patten.
Jack McNeil, Memphis, Tenn., for intervening petitioners Jack McNeil et al., residents Shelby County.
George E. Barrett, Nashville, Tenn., for intervening petitioner Matt Lynch, Davidson County, Tenn. and Lee Case, Hamilton County, Tenn.
Harlan Dodson, Nashville, Tenn., for intervening petitioner Robert A. Everett.
Hugh K. McLean, Paris, Tenn., for City of Paris, intervening petitioner.
William R. Willis, Jr., Hooker, Hooker & Willis, Nashville, Tenn., for intervening petitioner William R. Anderson.
J. Howard Collett, Maynardville, Tenn., for intervening petitioner Ernest Whitson, County Judge, Union County, Tenn.
Thomas Wardlaw Steele, Nashville, Tenn., for intervening petitioners William O. Beach and Charles Crow, Citizens — Montgomery County, Tenn.
Charles Montgomery, Paris, Tenn., for intervening petitioner Henry County, Tenn.
James L. Bomar, Jr., Bomar & Shofner, Shelbyville, Tenn., for intervening petitioners W. D. Copeland et al. (Bedford, Coffee, Franklin, Lincoln, Moore and Rutherford Counties).
Howard H. Baker, Jr., Washington, D. C., for Howard H. Baker, Jr., amicus curiae, intervenor.
John R. Rucker and Ewing Smith, Jr., Murfreesboro, Tenn., for intervening petitioner City Council of City of Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Lewis R. Donelson, III, Heiskell, Donelson, Adams, Williams & Wall, and James E. Harpster, Rickey, Shankman, Agee, Harpster & Smith, Memphis, Tenn., for intervening petitioner Dan H. Kuykendall.
James H. Henry, G. Nelson Forrester, and Joseph M. Carter, Tullahoma, Tenn., for intervening petitioner John W. Ray, Judge, County Court of Coffee County, Tenn.
Before PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge, MILLER, Chief District Judge, and GRAY, District Judge.
United States District Court M. D. Tennessee, Nashville Division.
JUDGMENT
PER CURIAM.
In its opinion herein rendered November 19, 1965, reported at Baker v. Clement, D.C., 247 F.Supp. 886, this court held that the Tennessee Congressional Districting Act, Chapter 4, Public Acts of the Extraordinary Session of 1965, T.C.A. § 2-502, is unconstitutional for the reasons stated in said opinion.
An order was entered under date of December 3, 1965, reserving final judgment until...
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