Legal Opinion

Baker v. Ellington

District Court, M.D. Tennessee

Decided July 13, 1967No. Civ. A. No. 3945PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JUDGMENT

Before PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge, MILLER, Chief District Judge, and GRAY, District Judge. PER CURIAM.

In its opinion herein rendered November 19, 1965, reported at Baker v. Clement, D.C., 247 F.Supp. 886, this court held that the Tennessee Congressional Districting Act, Chapter 4, Public Acts of the Extraordinary Session of 1965, T. C.A. § 2-502, is unconstitutional for the reasons stated in said opinion.

An order was entered under date of December 3, 1965, reserving final judgment until after the 1966 elections and until the Eighty-fifth General Assembly of Tennessee, to be elected in…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Wesberry v. SandersSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Smiley v. HolmSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  4. Kilgarlin v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  5. Kilgarlin v. MartinDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1966

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Preisler v. Secretary of State of MissouriDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1968
  2. Dixon v. HasslerDistrict Court, W.D. Tennessee · 1976
  3. Dixon v. HasslerDistrict Court, W.D. Tennessee · 1976
  4. Preisler v. Secretary of State of MissouriDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1968
  5. Preisler v. Secretary of State of MissouriDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1968

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