GRAVES v. BARNES

Civ. A. Nos. A-71-CA-142 to A-71-CA-145, A-73-CA-115, A-73-CA-146 and A-73-CA-155.

446 F.Supp. 560 (1977)

Curtis GRAVES et al. v. Ben BARNES et al. Diana REGESTER et al. v. Bob BULLOCK et al. Johnny MARRIOTT et al. v. Preston SMITH, et al. Van Henry ARCHER v. Preston SMITH et al. Frank A. ESCALANTE et al. v. Mark WHITE et al. James GASKIN et al. v. Mark WHITE et al. Wanda L. CHAPMAN et al. v. Mark W. WHITE, Jr., et al.

United States District Court, W. D. Texas, Austin Division.

October 31, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don C. Gladden, Fort Worth, Tex., for plaintiffs.

R. Steve Bickerstaff, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for defendants.

Before GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge, and JUSTICE and WOOD, District Judges.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

PER CURIAM.

Because our selection of the current districting plan1 for Tarrant County, Texas, in 1976 was guided in no small way by constraints of time and practicability,2 we expressly retained jurisdiction to grant further relief if the plan proved inadequate to relieve the constitutional deprivations suffered by the minority communities of Tarrant County.3<...

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