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BUSSIE v. McKEITHEN

No. 71-2783.

457 F.2d 796 (1971)

Victor BUSSIE et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees-Appellants, v. John J. McKEITHEN, Governor of the State of Louisiana, et al., Defendants-Appellants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 30, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. McFerrin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., Adrian G. Duplantier, I. G. Nat Kiefer, Michael H. O'Keefe, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs-appellees-appellants.

Claude Berwick Duval, Houma, La., amicus curiae.

Stanley A. Halpin, Sr., New Orleans, La., Camille F. Gravel, Jr., Alexandria, La., Sam A. Le Blanc, III, New Orleans, La., Murphy Bell, Baton Rouge, La., Martin L. Feldman, Robert F. Collins, Stanley A. Halpin, Jr., George M. Strickler, Jr., New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellants-appellees.

Before WISDOM, COLEMAN, and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 30, 1971.

BY THE COURT:

This expedited appeal is from a judgment of the district court, 333 F.Supp. 452, under our remand of Sept. 4, 1971 ordering the district court to conduct a hearing on the Master's proposed plan for reapportionment of the Louisiana legislature.

1. We hold that the district court correctly determined that the case was properly before him as a...

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