Janice CLARK, et al.
v.
Charles "Buddy" ROEMER, Governor, State of Louisiana, et al.
United States District Court, M.D. Louisiana.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
October 31, 1990.
October 31, 1990.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Ernest L. Johnson, Baton Rouge, La., Robert McDuff, Washington, D.C., T. Richardson Bobb, Baton Rouge, La., Sylvia R. Cooks, Lafayette, La., Ulysses Thibodeaux, Newman & Thibodeaux, Al Gray, Lake Charles, La., for plaintiffs.
Kenneth C. DeJean, Kendall L. Vick, Staff Attys., La. Dept. of Justice, Baton Rouge, La., Larry S. Bankston, Carmouche, Gray & Hoffman, Baton Rouge, La., Robert G. Pugh, Shreveport, La., for Edwards, Guste and Brown.
Jerry Guillot, Adm'r, Baton Rouge, La., for La. legislature.
Michael H. Rubin, Rubin, Curry, Colvin & Joseph, Michael Chittom, Baton Rouge, La., Fred J. Cassibry, Ernest N. Morial, Robert D. Hoffman, Jr., Brook, Morial, Cassibry, Fraiche & Pizza, Jan T. Van Loon, Sandra A. Vujnovich, Orleans Trial Judges Ass'n, New Orleans, La., Clayton Lewis, Baton Rouge, La., for Tom Nelson.
Jack C. Benjamin, Marcel Garsaud, Jr., New Orleans, La., for LA Organization for Judicial Excellence, amicus curiae.
Robert P. McLeod, David E. Verlander, III, McLeod, Swearingen, Verlander, Dollar, Price & Noah, Monroe, La., for LA Second Circuit Court of Appeal—amicus curiae brief.
Peter F. Caviness, Opelousas, La., amicus curiae brief by St. Landry Parish Bar Ass'n.
Jess J. Waguespack, Assumption Bar Ass'n, Napoleonville, La., for Assumption Parish Bar, amicus curiae.
Raymond L. Cannon, Felicia Toney Williams, Moses Junior Williams, Tallulah, La., pro se.
George A. Blair, Ronald L. Wilson, Yvonne Hughes, Trial Atty., Skidmore, Hughes and Associates, New Orleans, La., for intervenor Louis A. Martinet Society.
E. Daniel Burt, Jr., Burt & LaVigne, Rebecca L. Hudsmith, Shreveport, La., for intervenor Dewey E. Burchett.
Tracy Pickerell, Baton Rouge, La., for Dolores Mason SM.
Jack C. Benjamin, New Orleans, La., for LA Organization for Judicial Excellence.
Cynthia Young Rougeou, Sp. Counsel, Baton Rouge, La., for W. Fox McKeithen, Sec. of State.
Alfred W. Speer, Baton Rouge, La., for defendant.
Lila Tritico Hogan, Hammond, La., and Carolyn Lahr Ott, Denham Springs, La., additional counsel.
Before DAVIS, Circuit Judge, and PARKER and POLOZOLA, District Judges.
United States District Court, M.D. Louisiana.
POLOZOLA, District Judge:
This action was instituted by the plaintiffs under Sections 2 et seq. and 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (Act), 42 U.S.C. §§ 1973 et seq. and 1973c.1 Plaintiffs challenge the method in which the State of Louisiana elects its district court, family court, and court of appeal judges and also seek to enjoin the election of all state district court, family...
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