Hollis WATKINS, et al., Individually and on behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs,
v.
Kirk FORDICE, Governor of Mississippi, et al., the Standing Joint Legislative Committee on Reapportionment of the Mississippi Legislature; Tim Ford, In His Official Capacity As Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives; and Ollie Mohamed, In His Official Capacity As President Pro Tempore of The Mississippi Senate, Defendants-Intervenors.
United States District Court, S.D. Mississippi, Jackson Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
October 29, 1992.
October 29, 1992.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Carroll Rhodes, Hazlehurst, MS, John L. Walker, Tomie Green, Jackson, MS, Wilbur O. Colom, Columbus, MS, Deborah McDonald, Fayette, MS, for plaintiffs.
John R. Dunne, Gerald W. Jones, Voting Section, Civ. Rights Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae, U.S.
Jim Warren, Waycaster & Warren, Jackson, MS, for Miss. Democratic Party Executive Committee.
Michael B. Wallace, Phelps Dunbar, Jackson, MS, for Miss. Republican Party Executive Committee.
John Reeves, Jackson, MS, for House Standing Committee.
Daniel E. Lynn, Asst. U.S. Atty., Jackson, MS, amicus curiae.
Stephen J. Kirchmayr, Giles W. Bryant, Asst. Attys. Gen., Jackson, MS, for Governor and State of Miss.
Bill Allain, Hubbard T. Saunders, IV, Champ Terney, Jackson, MS, for defendants-intervenors.
Before BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge, and TOM S. LEE and PICKERING, District Judges.
United States District Court, S.D. Mississippi, Jackson Division.
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
This cause is before the court on the motion of plaintiffs to dissolve the three-judge court previously convened in this Voting Rights Act case at the request of plaintiffs, and to remand case to managing district judge for an award of attorneys' fees and expenses. Plaintiffs have also moved for an award of attorneys' fees and litigation expenses and by their motion, they further seek discovery...
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