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STONE v. STOVALL

No. CA-4-1975.

377 F.Supp. 1016 (1974)

Michael L. STONE et al., Plaintiffs, v. R. M. STOVALL, Mayor, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Texas, Fort Worth Division.

Probable Jurisdiction Noted October 15, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don Gladden and Marvin Collins, Greater Fort Worth Chapter of American Civil Liberties Union, Fort Worth, Tex., for plaintiffs.

S. G. Johndroe, City Atty., Fort Worth, Tex., Crawford Martin, Atty. Gen., Robert B. Davis, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for defendants.

Before THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge, and BREWSTER and WOODWARD, District Judges.

Probable Jurisdiction Noted October 15, 1974. See 95 S.Ct. 35.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

This class action challenges the constitutionality of state and city laws which restrict suffrage in bond elections to persons who have made available for taxation some item of real, personal, or mixed property.1 We believe the defendants2 have failed to demonstrate that this diminution...

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