Case Name: Russell DODD et al., Plaintiffs, v. L. H. BARNES et al., Defendants
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1967-07-05
Citations: 279 F. Supp. 290
Docket Number: Civ. No. 819
Parties: Russell DODD et al., Plaintiffs, v. L. H. BARNES et al., Defendants.
Judges: Before PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge, and WILSON and NEESE, District Judges.
Reporter: Federal Supplement
Volume: 279
Pages: 290–291

Head Matter:
Russell DODD et al., Plaintiffs, v. L. H. BARNES et al., Defendants.
Civ. No. 819.
United States District Court. E. D. Tennessee, Winchester Division.
July 5, 1967.
Harry W. Camp, McMinnville, Tenn., for plaintiffs.
Paul E. Jennings, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Tenn., for defendant McCanless.
Edwin F. Hunt, Nashville, Tenn., for balance of defendants.
Before PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge, and WILSON and NEESE, District Judges.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
PER CURIAM.
A three-judge Court having been constituted herein under the authority of 28 U.S.C. § 2281; and it now appearing to such Court that the private act of the General Assembly of Tennessee under which the defendants are sought to be enjoined herein is one of limited application, concerning only Warren County, Tennessee and no other county or other local jurisdiction of the state of Tennessee, and that 28 U.S.C. § 2281 authorizes a three-judge court only when a state statute of general and statewide application is sought to be enjoined, Moody v. Flowers (1967), 387 U.S. 97, 87 S.Ct. 1544, 18 L.Ed.2d 643; and, it therefore appearing to such Court that the three-judge Court herein was improperly constituted and should be dissolved forthwith : it hereby is
Ordered that the three-judge Court herein is dissolved, and this action is transferred to the District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Winchester Division, for further proceedings.