David I. WELLS and Donald S. Harrington, Individually and as Acting Chairman of the State Committee of the Liberal Party of the State of New York, Plaintiffs,
v.
Nelson A. ROCKEFELLER, as Governor of the State of New York, Louis J. Lefkowitz, as Attorney General of the State of New York, John P. Lomenzo, as Secretary of State of the State of New York; Malcolm Wilson, as Lieutenant Governor of the State of New York, and Presiding Officer of the Senate of the State of New York, and Anthony J. Travia, as Speaker and Presiding Officer of the Assembly of the State of New York, Defendants.
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March 20, 1968.
March 20, 1968.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Isidore Levine, New York City, for plaintiffs.
George D. Zuckerman, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City (Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen. of State of New York, Albany, N. Y., Robert Brady, Special Counsel for Joint Legislative Committee on Reapportionment, New York City, and Donald Zimmerman, Counsel for Temporary President of New York State Senate, New York City, of counsel), for defendants.
Ambrose Doskow, New York City (Rosenman, Colin, Kaye, Petschek, Freund & Emil, New York City, of counsel), for intervenors F. W. Richmond, E. Victor and A. J. Starace.
Edward J. Ennis, New York City, for intervenors Mary Leff and Kathryn Goldman.
Milton H. Friedman, New York City (Friedman & Perlin, New York City, of counsel), for intervenors Andrew Cooper, Paul S. Kerrigan and Joan C. Bacchus.
John R. Pillion, Lackawanna, N. Y., and Robert H. Carey, New York City, for intervenor John R. Pillion.
Gerald P. Halpern, New York City (Halpern & Rothman, New York City, of counsel), for intervenors Samuel J. Popack, Simon Goldman, Shirley Levitin, Danny Carter, Israel Chanowitz, Rabbi S. H. Fox and Bernard Klieger.
Before MOORE, Circuit Judge, and MacMAHON and CANNELLA, District Judges.
United States District Court S. D. New York.
MOORE, Circuit Judge.
In its order (July 26, 1967), this court directed the Legislature of the State of New York "to enact into law a congressional districting plan, effective no later than March 1, 1968, which districting plan shall be in conformity with the redistricting principles as set forth in the applicable decisions of the Supreme Court and/or such Congressional enactments as may be in force with respect thereto." In its opinion, 273 F.Supp...
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