MARSHALL v. EDWARDS

No. 76-3114.

582 F.2d 927 (1978)

Stewart MARSHALL, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant-Appellee, v. Edwin W. EDWARDS et al., Defendants-Appellees, East Carroll Parish Police Jury and East Carroll Parish School Board, Defendants-Appellees-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied December 21, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley A. Halpin, Jr., Charles E. DeWitt, Jr., New Orleans, La., Mason P. Gilfoil, Lake Providence, La., for plaintiff-intervenor-appellant-appellee.

J. T. Seale, Dist. Atty., 6th Jud. Dist., Tallulah, La., Thomas F. Wade, Asst. Dist. Atty., St. Joseph, La., for East Carroll Parish Police Jury, et al.

Before WISDOM, GOLDBERG and RUBIN, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied December 21, 1978.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

This reapportionment case is again before us. On July 12, 1968, Charles Zimmer sued various officials of Louisiana and East Carroll Parish,1 alleging that the apportionment of the police jury (governing body of the parish) and the school board violated the United States Constitution. On May 11, 1971, Stewart Marshall intervened on behalf of himself...

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