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June 15, 1982

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  • Case Files, Major v. Treen Hardbacks. Motion Filed, 1982. cff7189e-c703-ef11-a1fd-6045bddbf119. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/78409859-43cc-4c77-a89d-3c059003500c/motion-filed. Accessed November 05, 2025.

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA 

BARBARA MAJOR, MICHAEL DARNELL, 

BERNADINE ST. CYR, BRENDA QUANT, 

and ANNIE A. SMART, individually 
and on behalf of all others 
similarly situated, 

Plaintiffs, 

versus 

DAVID C. TREEN, in his capacity 
as Governor of the State of 
Louisiana, and JAMES H. BROWN, 
in his capacity as Secretary of 
State of the State of Louisiana, 

Defendants. 

REQUESTING JUDGE: 

DISTRICT JUDGE: 

CIRCUIT JUDGE: 

DATE OF ORDER: 

DATE GF Lio 

CIVIL ACTION NO..82-1192 D (C) 

Robert FP. Collins 
United States District Judge 

Fred J. Cassibry 
United States District Judge 

Henry A. Politz 
United States Circuit Judge 

June 10, 1982 

   



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The requesting judge (1) above named, to whom an application for 

relief has been presented in the above cause, having notified me that 

the action is one required by act of Congress to be heard and determined 

by a district court of three judges, I, Charles Clark, Chief Judge of 

the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, hereby 

designate the circuit judge (3) and district judge (2) named above 

to serve with the requesting judge (1) as members Of, and with him to 

constitute, the said court to hear and determine the action. 

This designation and composition of the three-judge court is not 

a prejudgment, express or implied, as to whether this properly is a 

case for a three-judge rather than a one-judge court. This is a mat- 

ter best determined by a three-judge court as this enables a simultaneous 

appeal to the Court of Appeals and to the Supreme Court without the 

delay, awkwardness, and administrative insufficiency of a proceeding 

by way of mandamus from either the Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court, 

or both, directed against the Chief Judge of the Circuit, the presiding 

District Judge, or both. The parties will be afforded the opportunity 

to brief and argue all such questions before the three-judge panel 

either preliminarily or on the trial of the merits, or otherwise, as 

the court thinks appropriate. 

Chief Judge

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