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GOOD v. AUSTIN

No. 91-CV-74754DT.

800 F.Supp. 551 (1992)

Larry GOOD, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Richard H. AUSTIN, Secretary of State, Defendant. George Arthur VAN STRATEN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Richard H. AUSTIN, Secretary of State, Defendant.

United States District Court, E. and W.D. Michigan.

April 6, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore Sachs, Sachs, Waldman, O'Hare, Helveston, Hodges & Barnes, Detroit, Mich., for Good plaintiffs.

Peter H. Ellsworth, Dickinson, Wright, Moon, Van Dusen & Freeman, Lansing, Mich., for Van Straten plaintiffs.

Gary P. Gordon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lansing, Mich., for defendant Richard H. Austin.

John D. Pirich, Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn, Lansing, Mich., for intervenor Representative Dennis M. Hertel.

William J. Perrone, Dykema Gossett, Lansing, Mich., for intervenor Representative Bob Carr.

George Brookover, East Lansing, Mich., for intervenor Senator Carl Levin.

Before RYAN, Circuit Judge, and NEWBLATT and ROBERT HOLMES BELL, District Judges.

OPINION

The plaintiffs in this consolidated action have challenged Michigan's existing congressional district plan as unconstitutional under Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution and have proposed their own redistricting plans to remedy this situation. This three-judge court has jurisdiction over this dispute under 28 U.S.C. § 1343, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and 28 U.S.C. § 2284(a).

Because the Michigan Legislature, whose duty it...

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