Legal Opinion
Gentry Crowell, Secretary of State of Tennessee v. Richard Mader
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 19, 1980No. 78-1780PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Per curiam
The petition for rehearing is granted.
In Kopald v. Carr, 343 F. Supp. 51 (MD Tenn. 1972), the District Court applied this Court’s earlier holding in Baker v. Carr, 369 U. S. 186 (1962), to invalidate two senatorial dis-tricting plans. That decision resulted in the formulation of a so-called court ordered “Kopald Plan.” That plan was superseded by a 1973 legislative plan.
In this litigation the District Court invalidated the 1973 legislative plan. It enjoined the defendants from conducting any elections pursuant to that plan and retained jurisdiction to review whatever substitute the Tennessee…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Diffenderfer v. Central Baptist Church of Miami, Florida, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Kopald v. CarrDistrict Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1972
3Cited by31 opinions
- Joseph B. Williams and Leo Bazile v. Joseph L. AliotoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- Monzillo v. BillerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
- Carlos Romero-Barcelo, Etc. v. Harold BrownCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981
- Marilyn T., Inc. v. EvansCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Miller v. GlanzCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2009
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