Otis W. Shiver v. R. A. Gray, Secretary of the State of Florida

Brought under the Federal Civil Rights Act of 1871, as amended, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 et seq., by a citizen of Florida against other citizens of Florida, to wit, the Secretary of State and three supervisors of registration of their respective counties, the latter as representatives of the class of 67 supervisors of registration of the state, upon allegations of unconstitutionality under Article 14, Section 1 of the United States Constitution, the suit sought a declaration of the invalidity of the Florida 1945 Legislative redistricting act “due to the gross inequality in the population in the…