Janice G. CLARK, et al.
v.
Charles E. "Buddy" ROEMER, et al.
United States District Court, M.D. Louisiana.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
August 29, 1991.
August 29, 1991.
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 La., William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen. of the State of Louisiana, Fox McKeithen, Secretary of State of Louisiana.
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.L.A., Baton Rouge, La., Robert S. Berman, Voting Section, Civil Rights Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for U.S.
Jack Benjamin, New Orleans, La., for Louisiana Organization of Judicial Excellence.
Frank Foil, Chairman, Litigation Committee, Baton Rouge, La., for Conference of Court of Appeal Judges.
H. Alston Johnston, III, Baton Rouge, La., for First and Third Circuit Courts of Appeal.
Robert McLeod, McLeod, Swearingen, Verlander, Dollar, Price & Noah, Monroe, La., for Second Circuit Court of Appeal.
Harry A. Rosenberg, M. Nan Allessandra, Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, New Orleans, La., for Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal.
Fred J. Cassibry, Brook, Morial, Cassibry & Pizza, New Orleans, La., for 24th Judicial District Court.
Jess J. Waguespack, Assumption Bar Ass'n, Napoleonville, La., for Assumption Bar Ass'n.
Petter F. Caviness, Opelousas, La., for 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, pro se.
Moses Junior Williams, pro se.
United States District Court, M.D. Louisiana.
SUPPLEMENTAL FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
JOHN V. PARKER, Chief Judge.
The Supreme Court has held plainly and clearly as to the election of justices of the Louisiana Supreme Court, in Chisom v. Roemer, ___ U.S. ___, 111 S.Ct. 2354, 115 L.Ed.2d 348 (1991) that:
... Congress made clear that a violation of § 2 could be established by proof of discriminatory results alone. It is difficult to believe that Congress, in an express...
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