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SEWELL v. ST. TAMMANY PARISH POLICE JURY

Civ. A. No. 69-1271.

338 F.Supp. 252 (1971)

James D. SEWELL et al. v. ST. TAMMANY PARISH POLICE JURY and Malcolm T. Stein, Sr., its President, et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

July 21, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin A. Smith, Jr., Slidell, La., for plaintiffs.

Woodrow W. Erwin, Dist. Atty., for 22nd Judicial District, Franklinton, La., Julian J. Rodrigue, Asst. Dist. Atty., Covington, La., for defendants.

C. Emmett Pugh, Martin L. C. Feldman, New Orleans, La., for intervenor, St. Tammany Parish Republican Executive Committee.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HEEBE, District Judge.

In June of 1969 the plaintiffs sued the governing authority of St. Tammany Parish to force reapportionment based on the "one man, one vote" principle. In July of that year the plaintiffs and defendants entered into a consent judgment which, although not reapportioning the members, put into effect a weighted vote system based on the 1960 census.

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