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O'SULLIVAN v. BRIER

Nos. 82-1335, 82-4096.

540 F.Supp. 1200 (1982)

Pat O'SULLIVAN, John Schmidt, Leonard Moore, Eva Jane Vaughn, Verdis Robinson, Mary Ladesic, Alois G. Befort, Jr., and Nathaniel Watson, Plaintiffs, v. Jack H. BRIER, Secretary of State of the State of Kansas, Defendant. Walter W. CARSON, Paul N. Bahnmaier, J. Kurt von Achen, and Vallerie Ann Miller, Plaintiffs, v. John CARLIN, Governor of the State of Kansas, and Jack H. Brier, Secretary of the State of Kansas, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Kansas.

June 3, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnold Berman, Kansas City, Kan., for plaintiffs Pat O'Sullivan, John Schmidt, Leonard Moore, Eva Jane Vaughn, Verdis Robinson, Mary Ladesic, Alois G. Befort, Jr., and Nathaniel Watson.

Eugene W. Hiatt of Hiatt, Hiatt & Carpenter, Topeka, Kan., for plaintiffs Walter W. Carson, Paul N. Bahnmaier, J. Kurt von Achen, and Vallerie Ann Miller.

Dan Biles and Patricia A. Reeder, Asst. Attys. Gen., State of Kan., Topeka, Kan., for defendant Jack H. Brier, Secretary of State of the State of Kan.

Jerry K. Levy, Topeka, Kan., for defendant John Carlin, Governor of the State of Kan.

Before LOGAN, Circuit Judge, and ROGERS and KELLY, District Judges.

LOGAN, Circuit Judge.

These cases, before a three-judge panel convened pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2284(a), challenge the constitutionality of the existing congressional districts in Kansas and ask this Court to adopt a new congressional redistricting plan.

After the Census Bureau released the 1980 census figures, the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives informed Kansas Governor John Carlin that the number of congressional seats for the State...

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