In re PENNSYLVANIA CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS REAPPORTIONMENT CASES.
United States District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
September 13, 1982.
September 13, 1982.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
William J. Peters, Harrisburg, Pa., David J. Armstrong, Eugene F. Scanlon, Jr., Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiffs Doug Walgren, Ross C. Feltz and Jese Del Gre.
Irving L. Bloom, Michael Gesalman, Michael Rubinoff, Greensburg, Pa., for plaintiffs Ted Simon, John W. Regoli, Robert H. Miller, Clarence H. Carns, Joseph H. Deeds, Leon T. Smithley, John E. St. Clair and Homer Burgett.
Michael T. McCarthy, Harrisburg, Pa., for James R. Kelley, James E. Ross and Mark S. Singel.
Louis J. Adler, Harrisburg, Pa., for plaintiff interveners Richard Gerber and Anna M. Miller.
Mary Ellen Krober, John Knorr, Harrisburg, Pa., for defendants William R. Davis, Richard Anderson and Dick Thornburgh.
Fred Speaker, Larry L. Miller, Lewis S. Kunkel, Jr., Thomas B. Schmidt, III, Harrisburg, Pa., for defendant interveners Hon. Joseph M. McDade, Hon. Lawrence Coughlin, Hon. Gus Yatron, Hon. Bud Shuster, Hon. William F. Goodling, Hon. Robert S. Walker, Hon. William E. Clinger, Jr., Hon. Donald L. Ritter, Hon. James K. Coyne, Hon. Thomas M. Foglietta and Hon. Eugene V. Atkinson.
Jack H. France, Charleroi, Pa., for defendant intervener Austin J. Murphy.
Before WEIS, Circuit Judge, NEALON, Chief District Judge, and RAMBO, District Judge.
United States District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania.
OPINION
WEIS, Circuit Judge.
This case presents us with the decennial issue of reapportionment. The plaintiffs challenge Act 42, which was enacted by the Pennsylvania General Assembly to reapportion the state's congressional districts in accordance with data derived from the 1980 census. The question before us is whether the evidence adduced requires us to tread our way through the political thicket or whether the facts permit us to exercise judicial restraint...
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