ROCKEFELLER v. SMITH

No. 5-4866.

440 S.W.2d 580 (1969)

Winthrop ROCKEFELLER, Governor, et al., Appellants, v. Ed Faver SMITH et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied June 2, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe Purcell, Atty. Gen., Tom Tanner, Henry Ginger, Asst. Attys. Gen., Little Rock, for appellants.

Cockrill, Laser, McGehee, Sharp & Boswell, Little Rock, for appellees Paragould.

Kirsch, Cathey & Brown, for appellee Greene County and Reed, County Judge.


FOGLEMAN, Justice.

Appellants in this case constitute The Board of Apportionment of the State of Arkansas created by Amendment No. 45 to the Constitution of Arkansas. Appellees consist of citizens and residents of Pulaski, Jackson, Hempstead, Lonoke and Searcy Counties, a member of the Republican Party of Arkansas, Greene County and negro electors and small wage earners of Pulaski County. Some of them became parties by intervention. The same relief was sought by all...

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