Janice G. CLARK, et al.
v.
Charles "Buddy" ROEMER, et al.
United States District Court, M.D. Louisiana.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
June 12, 1990.
June 12, 1990.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Ernest L. Johnson, T. Richardson Bobb, Baton Rouge, La., Robert McDuff, Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, D.C., Ulysses Thibodeaux, Newman & Thibodeaux, Lake Charles, La., for plaintiffs.
Kenneth C. DeJean, Roy A. Mongrue, Office of Atty. Gen., Louisiana Dept. of Justice, Baton Rouge, La., Robert G. Pugh, Robert G. Pugh, Jr., Pugh, Pugh & Pugh, Shreveport, La., John N. Kennedy, Office of the Governor, Cynthia Y. Rougeou, Angie Rogers LaPlace, Office of Secretary of State, Baton Rouge, La., for defendants Charles "Buddy" Roemer, Governor of Louisiana; William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen. of the State of La., Fox McKeithen, Secretary of State of La.
Michael H. Rubin, Christina Peck, Rubin, Curry, Colvin & Joseph, Baton Rouge, La., for intervenor Louisiana Dist. Judges Ass'n.
Fred J. Cassibry, Jan T. Van Loon, Sandra A. Vujnovich, Brook, Morial, Cassibry & Pizza, New Orleans, La., for intervenor Orleans Parish Dist. Judges Ass'n.
George Blair, Yvonne Hughes, Skidmore, Hughes & Associates, New Orleans, La., for intervenor Louis A. Martinet Soc.
P. Raymond Lamonica, U.S. Atty., M.D.La., Baton Rouge, La., Robert S. Berman, Voting Section, Civ. Rights Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for intervenor U.S.
Jack Benjamin, New Orleans, La., for amicus curiae, Louisiana Organization of Judicial Excellence.
Frank Foil, Chairman, Litigation Committee, Baton Rouge, La., for amicus curiae, Conference of Court of Appeal Judges.
H. Alston Johnston, III, Baton Rouge, La., for amicus curiae, First and Third Circuit Courts of Appeal.
Robert McLeod, McLeod, Swearingen, Verlander, Dollar, Price & Noah, Monroe, La., for amicus curiae, Second Circuit Court of Appeal.
Harry A. Rosenberg, M. Nan Allessandra, Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, La., for amicus curiae, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal.
Fred J. Cassibry, Brook, Morial, Cassibry & Pizza, New Orleans, La., for amicus curiae, 24th Judicial Dist. Court.
Jess J. Waguespack, Assumption Bar Ass'n, Napoleonville, La., for amicus curiae, Assumption Bar Ass'n.
Petter F. Caviness, Opelousas, La., for amicus curiae, St. Landry Bar Ass'n.
Lila Tritico Hogan, pro se.
Carolyn Lahr Ott, pro se.
Linda L. Holliday, pro se.
Thomas J. Malik, pro se.
Madeline Jasmine, pro se.
Raymond L. Cannon, pro se.
Felicia Toney Williams, Moses Junior Williams, pro se.
United States District Court, M.D. Louisiana.
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW REMEDY PHASE
JOHN V. PARKER, Chief Judge.
A. PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
In view of the holding of the Fifth Circuit in Chisom v. Edwards,839 F.2d 1056 (5th Cir.) cert. denied sub nom. Roemer v. Chisom, 488 U.S. 955, 109 S.Ct. 390, 102 L.Ed.2d 379 (1988), this court assumed that its path was rather clearly staked by the appellate court. However, on May 11, 1990,...
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