HAYS v. STATE OF LA.

No. 93-5192.

18 F.3d 1319 (1994)

Ray HAYS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, et al., Defendants-Appellees, v. Bernadine ST. CYR, et al., Movants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 17, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith Reed, Gailon W. McGowen, New York City, for appellants.

William P. Quigley, Loyola Law School Clinic, New Orleans, LA, for St. Cyr, et al.

Paul Loy Hurd, Monroe, LA, for appellees.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, KING and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


POLITZ, Chief Judge:

Bernadine St. Cyr and others ("St. Cyr") appeal the denial by a three-judge district court of their attempt to intervene in litigation challenging the Louisiana Legislature's congressional redistricting plan. Lacking jurisdiction we dismiss the appeal.

Background

The plaintiffs challenged the legislative redistricting plan for allegedly employing racial gerrymandering in violation of the Voting Rights Act and their fifth...

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