HOPFMANN v. CONNOLLY

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence J. Ball, Detroit, Mich., with whom Stephen P. Dowd, Laurence Elgin, James F. Schoener, Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, Detroit, Mich., were on brief, for plaintiffs, appellants.

Alexander G. Gray, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for Michael Joseph Connolly and Francis X. Bellotti, defendants, appellees.

Keith C. Long, Boston, Mass., with whom James Roosevelt, Jr., James H. Wexler, and Herrick & Smith, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for Chester G. Atkins and the Democratic State Committee of Massachusetts, defendants, appellees.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, COWEN, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOWNES, Circuit Judge.