HAWTHORNE v. HURLEY

Civ. A. No. 89-T-381-S.

762 F.Supp. 1475 (1991)

Thomas HAWTHORNE and Emory Newman, etc., Plaintiffs, Andre Keith, etc., Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. Jack HURLEY, etc., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, S.D.

February 5, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry G. Davis, Terry G. Davis, P.C., Montgomery, Ala., James U. Blacksher, John C. Falkenberry, Leslie Proll, Edward Still, Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiffs Thomas Hawthorne and Emory Newman.

Fred D. Gray, Tuskegee, Ala., Solomon Seay, Montgomery, Ala., for plaintiff-intervenor Andre Keith.

Susan Russ, Montgomery, Ala., Fournier J. Gale, III, Gregory H. Hawley, Maynard, Cooper, Frierson & Gale, Birmingham, Ala., John H. England, Jr., England & Bivens, Tuscaloosa, Ala., James L. North, Birmingham, Ala., for John Baker and State Dem. Comm.

Solomon Seay, Montgomery, Ala., for Ala. Democratic Party, Jerome Gray and Joe Reed.

Vincent H. Cohen, Anthony L. Sutin, John C. Keeney, Roger L. Patton, Jr., Washington, D.C., David Schoen, Montgomery, Ala., for defendant DPUS.

Christine A. Varney, Gen. Counsel, Democratic Natl. Committee, Washington, D.C., for defendant DNC.

Philip H. Smith, Talladega, Ala., for Talladega County Democratic Executive Committee.

Alston Keith, Jr., Selma, Ala., for Dallas County Democratic Executive Committee.

Clifford W. Cleveland, Prattville, Ala., for Autauga County Democratic Executive Committee.

Shelby Co. Democratic Executive Comm., pro se.

Winston Griggs, Henry Co. Dem. Executive Comm., pro se.

Raymond Bailey, Chair, Baileyton, Ala., for Cullman CDEC.

James Harris, Chair, Wedowee, Ala., for Randolph CDEC.

Dorman Walker, Montgomery, Ala., for CDECs: Geneva, Madison, St. Clair, Tuscaloosa, Pickens, Chambers Bibb, Montgomery, Marion, Coffee, Lawrence, Marengo and Hale.

Gary White, Double Springs, Ala., for defendant Winston CDEC.

J. Milton Coxwell, Jr., Monroeville, Ala., for Monroe CDEC.

Robert M. Seale, Livingston, Ala., for Sumter CDEC.

Wallace H. Lindsey, III, Butler, Ala., for Choctaw CDEC.

William T. Musgrove, Jr., Florence, Ala., for Lauderdale CDEC.

Lee B. Williams, Grove Hill, Ala., for defendant Clarke CDEC.

Joe Macon, Wetumpka, Ala., for defendant Elmore CDEC.

James M. Prestwood, Andalusia, Ala., for defendant Covington CDEC.

Before JOHNSON, Circuit Judge, HOBBS, Chief Judge, and THOMPSON, District Judge.


ORDER

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge:

We are confronted in this case with the peculiar question of when a three-judge district court may dismiss an appeal of one of its orders to the United States Supreme Court. Plaintiffs have moved to dismiss defendants' appeal to the Supreme Court of this court's August 20, 1990 order,1 on the ground that defendants failed to file a jurisdictional statement within 60 days after filing their...

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