MADER v. CROWELL

No. 78-3079-NA-CV

498 F.Supp. 226 (1980)

Richard MADER et al., v. Gentry CROWELL et al.

United States District Court, M. D. Tennessee, Nashville Division.

March 27, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Ryder, Memphis, Tenn., for plaintiffs.

William W. Hunt, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert B. Littleton, Deputy Atty. Gen., Nashville, Tenn., for defendants; William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., State of Tenn., of counsel.

Before BROWN, Circuit Judge, PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge, and MORTON, Chief District Judge.


MEMORANDUM

PER CURIAM.

The complaint in this class action was filed March 8, 1978, to challenge the constitutionality of the apportionment of State Senatorial Districts enacted by the Tennessee General Assembly in 1973. This court, on January 15, 1979, held that apportionment plan to be unconstitutional because it allowed a gross maximum deviation from population equality of 18.03 per cent. We enjoined defendants from conducting any further elections under...

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