WHITFIELD v. DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF STATE OF ARKANSAS

No. 88-1953.

902 F.2d 15 (1990)

Sam WHITFIELD, Jr., and Linda Whitfield, P.L. Perkins, Julious McGruder, Georgia M. Varner, Annie Sykes, Ollie Jennings, Sam Bennett, Appellants, v. The DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF the STATE OF ARKANSAS, The State of Arkansas Democratic Central Committee, The Phillips County Democratic Central Committee, Phillips County Republican Party Committee, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 4, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol Lani Guinier, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellants.

Tim Humphries, Little Rock, Ark., for appellees.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge, MCMILLIAN, ARNOLD, JOHN R. GIBSON, FAGG, BOWMAN, WOLLMAN, MAGILL and BEAM, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

In this matter, a panel of this court, Judge Bright, dissenting, reversed the judgment of the district court. Whitfield v. The Democratic Party, 890 F.2d 1423 (8th Cir.1989). After rehearing en banc, the judgment is now affirmed by an equally divided court. Judges Bright, Arnold, Bowman, Wollman and Magill vote to affirm the district court. Chief Judge Lay and Judges McMillian, John R. Gibson, Fagg and Beam would...

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