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DIXON v. HASSLER

Civ. No. C-74-360.

412 F.Supp. 1036 (1976)

Roscoe DIXON et al., Plaintiffs, v. Shirley HASSLER, Coordinator of Elections, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Tennessee, W. D.

March 25, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome M. Hoffman, Leonard V. Hughes, Jr., Hoffman, Dwyer, Hughes, McWhorter & Wener, Memphis, Tenn., for plaintiffs.

Alex B. Shipley, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Tenn., for defendants.

Lewis R. Donelson, III, Robert Walker, Heiskell, Donelson, Adams, Williams & Kirsch, Memphis, Tenn., for intervenor Shelby County Republican Party.

J. Houston Gordon, Covington, Tenn., for intervenor "Committee for the Preservation of the Seventh Congressional District".

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Circuit Judge, BROWN, Chief District Judge, and WELLFORD, District Judge.

BAILEY BROWN, Chief District Judge.

This action was filed on July 2, 1974 by plaintiffs, who are registered voters in the 6th, 7th and 8th Congressional Districts of Tennessee, against the state Coordinator of Elections and the Shelby County Election Commissioners. They alleged in substance that the Congressional reapportionment statute, based upon the 1970 Federal census, enacted by the Tennessee legislature on April...

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