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Baker et al. v. Carr et al.
364 U.S. 898·Supreme Court of the United States·1960
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Opinion
No. 103.
Baker et al. v. Carr et al.
Probable jurisdiction noted. Hobart F. Atkins, J. W. Anderson, Charles S. Rhyne and Herzel H. E. Plaine for appellants. George F. McCanless, Attorney General of Tennessee, and Milton P. Rice, James M. Glasgow and Jack Wilson, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellees. Roger Arnebergh, Henry P. Kucera, J. Elliott Drinard, Barnett I. Shur, Alexander G. Brown, Nathaniel H. Goldstick and Charles S. Rhyne filed a brief for the National Institute of Municipal Law Officers, as amicus curiae, in support of appellants.
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Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.