U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1977

Shirley Davis v. Otto E. Passman, Congressman of the United States

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Decided May 17, 1977 · Brown, Thorn-Berry, Coleman, Goldberg, Ainsworth, Godbold, Morgan, Clark, Roney, Gee, Tjoflat, Hill, Fay

553 F.2d 506; 1977 U.S. App. LEXIS 13349 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Counsel

Stephen J. Katz, Monroe, La., George M. Strickler, Jr., New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant., Harold Himmelman, Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, D. C., for Hon. Morris Udall, et al., amicus curiae (on Rehearing)., Jesse D. McDonald, Monroe, La., for defendant-appellee., Robert E. Kopp, Appellate Sec., Civil Div., Barbara L. Herwig, Atty., Dept, of Justice, Washington, D. C., amicus curiae for the United States.

Opinion

BY THE COURT:

A member of the Court in active service having requested a poll on the application for rehearing en banc and a majority of the judges in active service having voted in favor of granting a rehearing en banc,

IT IS ORDERED that the cause shall be reheard by the Court en banc with oral argument on a date hereafter to be fixed. The Clerk will specify a briefing schedule for the filing of supplemental briefs.

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