HENSLEY v. WOOD

No. 1581.

329 F.Supp. 787 (1971)

Claude E. HENSLEY, Individually, a citizen, voter, resident and taxpayer of Kenton County, Ky., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Albert T. WOOD, Kenton County Clerk, Commonwealth of Kentucky, Defendants, Legislative Research Commission of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Intervening Defendant.

United States District Court, E. D. Kentucky, Covington Division.

July 26, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald C. Wintersheimer, Covington, Ky., for plaintiffs.

Robert E. Ruberg, Covington, Ky., for Albert T. Wood.

Walter C. Herdman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, Ky., for Com. of Ky.

Donald E. Harkins, Lexington, Ky., Thomas C. Carroll, Louisville, Ky., for Legislative Research Comm.


MEMORANDUM

SWINFORD, District Judge.

Plaintiffs have instituted this suit for declaratory judgment to have the Commonwealth of Kentucky's current legislative district apportionment scheme enacted by the first extraordinary session of the 1971 General Assembly declared unconstitutional. Plaintiffs contend that certain of the State's House and Senate Districts are not properly represented because of impermissible population variances within those Districts...

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