CLARK v. ROEMER

Civ. A. No. 86-435-A.

750 F.Supp. 200 (1990)

Janice CLARK, et al. v. Charles "Buddy" ROEMER, et al.

United States District Court, M.D. Louisiana.

November 2, 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 Mongrue, Staff Atty., Louisiana Dept. of Justice, Baton Rouge, La., Robert G. Pugh, Robert G. Pugh, Jr., Pugh & Pugh, Shreveport, La., for Charles "Buddy" Roemer, Gov. of La., William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen. of La., Fox McKeithen, Sec. of State of La.

Michael H. Rubin, Christine Peck, Rubin, Curry, Colvin & Joseph, Baton Rouge, La., for Louisiana Dist. Judges Ass'n.

Fred J. Cassibry, Jan T. Van Loon, Sandra A. Vujnovich, Brook, Morial, Cassibry, Fraiche & Pizza, New Orleans, La., for Orleans Parish Trial Judges Ass'n.


WRITTEN REASONS ON MOTION TO DISSOLVE INJUNCTION

JOHN V. PARKER, Chief Judge.

On September 28, 1990, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rendered an en banc decision in League of United Latin American Citizens v. Clements, 914 F.2d 620, a case involving a challenge to at-large election of Texas trial judges. The majority opinion held that the 1982 amendment to Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act...

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