WILSON v. MINOR

No. 99-11145.

220 F.3d 1297 (2000)

Dean Butch WILSON, Johnny Middlebrooks, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Erskine MINOR, Perry Varner, Roy Moore, Curtis Williams, Kimbrough Ballard, in their official capacity as Dallas County Commissioners, United States of America, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 4, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca K. Troth, Dept. of Justice, Appellate Sec., Civil Rights Div., Washington, DC, Bruce Boynton, Selma, AL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Albert L. Jordan, Algert Swanson Agricola, Jr., Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff & Brandt, L.L.C., Birmingham, AL, John J. Park, Jr., Montgomery, Al, Cartledge W. Blackwell, Jr., Blackwell & Keith, Selma, AL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before CARNES, BARKETT and MARCUS, Circuit Judges.


MARCUS, Circuit Judge:

Defendants the Dallas County Commission, various county officials,1 and the United States appeal the district court's order vacating its 1988 injunction which established a new election scheme2 for the County Commission of Dallas County, Alabama as a remedy for a violation of section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The district court found that...

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