STATE, EX REL. ANNABLE v. STOKES

No. 70-273.

24 Ohio St. 2d 32 (1970)

THE STATE, EX REL. ANNABLE ET AL., v. STOKES.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided September 24, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert W. Annable, Mr. Charles G. Christian, II, and Mrs. Susann Christian, in propria persona.

Messrs. Falsgraf, Reidy, Shoup & Ault and Mr. Harry J. Lehman, for respondent.


Per Curiam.

This is an action in quo warranto originating in this court. Relators, all private citizens, seek to oust respondent, Louis Stokes, from his office as Congressman of the 21st Congressional District of Ohio and to have such district declared to be unconstitutionally created, and therefore not a valid congressional district.

Relators contend that such district was illegally created by gerrymandering on the basis of race in order to consolidate...

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