PHILLIPS v. ANDRESS

No. 78-1845.

634 F.2d 947 (1981)

John William PHILLIPS and Jacqueline Phillips, for themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Mary Helen ANDRESS et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B

January 22, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Still, Birmingham, Ala., Neil Bradley, Laughlin McDonald, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Ray, Oliver & Barrett, Martin Ray, Tuscaloosa, Ala., for defendants-appellees.

Before HILL, KRAVITCH and THOMAS A. CLARK, Circuit Judges.


THOMAS A. CLARK, Circuit Judge:

Our court is requested again1 to review Alabama's school board election procedures and decide whether electors residing in a city having its own school board are entitled to vote in an election to determine members of the county school board. We review our jurisdiction, our precedents, and the Alabama statutory scheme providing for school board elections.

The Alabama Code, § 16-8-1 (1977), provides...

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