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STATE EX REL. PEEL v. SHELBY COUNTY

564 S.W.2d 371 (1976)

STATE of Tennessee ex rel. Edward B. PEEL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SHELBY COUNTY, Tennessee and the Members of the Shelby County Quarterly Court, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Western Section.

Rehearing Denied December 14, 1976.

Certiorari Denied March 28, 1977.

Certiorari Denied January 6, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Cleveland Drennon, Jr., County Atty., J. Minor Tait, Jr., Asst. County Atty., Memphis, for defendants-appellants.

Edward B. Peel, Memphis, for plaintiff-appellee.

Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court March 28, 1977.

Certiorari Denied by U.S. Supreme Court on January 6, 1978.

CARNEY, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff and Relator, Edward B. Peel, a citizen of Shelby County, Tennessee, brought this suit alleging that the present plan of apportionment providing for some justices of the peace to be elected from the county at large is illegal. Plaintiff contends the plan is a violation of Article 6, Section 15, of the Tennessee...

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