Hall v. Holder

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit November 10, 1994

Hall v. Holder, 37 F.3d 1456 (11th Cir. 1994)

1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 31294

Opinion

Rev. E.K. HALL, Sr.; David Walker; U.S. Donalson; Richard
Harris; Willie Ates; Rev. Wilson C. Roberson;
NAACP Chapter of Cochran, Bleckley
County, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
Jackie HOLDER, Individually and in his official capacity as
County Commissioner for Bleckley County, Georgia; Robert
Johnson, Individually and in his official capacity as
Superintendent of Elections for Bleckley County, Defendants-Appellees,
Charles Killebrew, Individually and in his official capacity
as Mayor of the City of Cochran; Lonnie Barlow; Ben
Jessup; C.C. Grooms; Willie Basby; Billy Ray Godfrey, and
T.C. Greer, Individually and in their official capacities as
Aldermen of the City of Cochran; William J. Lucas,
Individually and in his official capacity as Superintendent
of Elections for the City of Cochran; Freddie White; Wayne
Rogers; Wayne Tripp; Sonja Curtis, and J. Larry Williams,
Individually as in their official capacities as Members of
the Bleckley County Board of Education, Defendants.

No. 91-8306.

United States Court of Appeals,
Eleventh Circuit.

Nov. 10, 1994.

Christopher Coates, Milledgeville, GA, Laughlin McDonald, ACLU, Atlanta, GA, for appellants.

R. Napier Murphy, Martin Snow, Grant & Napier, John C. Daniel, III, Macon, GA, William Lonnie Barlow, Arnold & Barlow, Cochran, GA, for appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia (No. CIV85-242-2-MAC (WDO)), Wilbur D. Owens, Jr., Judge.

ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

Before HATCHETT, Circuit Judge, FAY and GIBSON*, Senior Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This case is remanded to the district court for further proceedings consistent with the United States Supreme Court's decision in Holder v. Hall, --- U.S. ----, 114 S.Ct. 2581, 129 L.Ed.2d 687 (1994).

REMANDED.

Honorable Floyd R. Gibson, U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, sitting by designation

Reference

Full Case Name: Rev. E.K. Hall, Sr. David Walker U.S. Donalson Richard Harris Willie Ates Rev. Wilson C. Roberson Naacp Chapter of Cochran, Bleckley County v. Jackie Holder, Individually and in His Official Capacity as County Commissioner for Bleckley County, Georgia Robert Johnson, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Superintendent of Elections for Bleckley County, Charles Killebrew, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Mayor of the City of Cochran Lonnie Barlow Ben Jessup C.C. Grooms Willie Basby Billy Ray Godfrey, and T.C. Greer, Individually and in Their Official Capacities as Aldermen of the City of Cochran William J. Lucas, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Superintendent of Elections for the City of Cochran Freddie White Wayne Rogers Wayne Tripp Sonja Curtis, and J. Larry Williams, Individually as in Their Official Capacities as Members of the Bleckley County Board of Education
Status: Published