TYUS v. SCHOEMEHL

No. 93-1811.

93 F.3d 449 (1996)

Sharon TYUS, Plaintiff, Sterling S. Miller, Appellant, Irving Clay, Jr.; Bertha Mitchell, Plaintiffs, Clarence Woodruff, Appellant, Claude Taylor, Plaintiff, Paula J. Carter, Appellant, Freeman Bosley, Sr., Plaintiff, William L. Clay, Jr.; Kenneth Jones, Appellants, v. Vincent C. SCHOEMEHL; Thomas A. Villa; Board of Aldermen, of the City of St. Louis; Board of Election Commissioners, of St. Louis City; City of St. Louis, a municipal corporation, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 16, 1996.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied October 28, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judson H. Miner, Chicago, IL, argued, for appellants.

Edward James Hanlon, St. Louis, MO, argued (Tyrone A. Taborn, City Counselor, on the brief), for appellees.

Before BOWMAN, Circuit Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and MAGILL, Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied October 28, 1996.

MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

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