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KELLY v. BUMPERS

No. LR-71-C-159.

340 F.Supp. 568 (1972)

William T. KELLY et al., Petitioners, v. Governor Dale BUMPERS et al., Respondents, Ray Kimball and Glen Dorsey, Arkansas State Senator Oscar Alagood, Intervenors.

United States District Court, E. D. Arkansas, W. D.

March 21, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene Mazzanti, Little Rock, Ark., and Charles R. Garner, Fort Smith, Ark., for petitioners.

Ray Thornton, Atty. Gen., and Roger A. Glasgow, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Ark., Little Rock, Ark., for respondents.

Gordon B. Carlton and John B. Hainen, DeQueen, Ark., for intervenors Kimball and Dorsey.

A. James Linder, Little Rock, Ark., for intervenor Oscar Alagood.

Before STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge, HENLEY, Chief District Judge, and HARRIS, District Judge.

Memorandum Opinion

HENLEY, Chief District Judge.

This suit, in which federal subject matter jurisdiction is established, was brought for the purpose of invalidating the apportionment of seats in the Legislature of the State of Arkansas which was effected last July by respondents who are the members of the Arkansas Board of Apportionment created by Amendment 45 to the Constitution of the State of Arkansas...

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