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STATE EX REL. LOCKERT v. CROWELL

729 S.W.2d 88 (1987)

STATE of Tennessee ex rel. W.B. LOCKERT, Jr., et al., Appellants, v. Gentry CROWELL, Secretary of State of the State of Tennessee, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

April 27, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Perry, Jr., Ashland City, Henry Haile, Nashville, for appellants.

Richard H. Dinkins, Williams & Dinkins, Nashville, for intervenors Tennessee Voters Council and Avon N. Williams, Jr.

W.J. Michael Cody, Atty. Gen. and Reporter, Michael W. Catalano, Deputy Atty. Gen., Nashville, for appellees.

OPINION

FONES, Justice.

On this appeal, plaintiffs pursue the single issue that the latest Senate Reapportionment Act, Chapter 753, Public Acts 1984, is unconstitutional because a portion of Shelby County is detached and joined with Tipton and Lauderdale Counties to form Senate District 32 in violation of Article II, Section 6, Tennessee Constitution. The chancellor upheld the constitutionality of Chapter 753 and we affirm.

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