Frank CLARKE; W. Rickey Barksdale; Sen. William Bowen; Samuel Britton; Faye Clarke; Clarence Clemons; Rev. Zedrick Coaston; Elaine Hughes; Nathaniel Jordan; Rep. William Mallory; Rev. James Milton; Shirley Rosser; Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth; Logan Wiley; Morris Williams; The Black Taxpayers Association, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
CITY OF CINCINNATI; Dwight Tillery; Todd Portune; John Mirlisena; Roxanne Qualls; Bobbie Sterne; Peter Strauss; Nell Surber; Nicholas Vehr; Tyrone Yates; Hamilton County Board of Election; Don Driehaus; George C. Eyrich; Ralph B. Kohnen; Thomas A. Luken, Defendants-Appellees.
James Cissell, et al., Defendants.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued August 4, 1994.
Decided November 3, 1994.
Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied December 16, 1994.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Robert E. Montgomery, Jr. (argued and briefed), Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, Brenda Wright, Lawyers' Committee for Civ. Right Under Law, Washington, DC, for Frank Clarke, W. Rickey Barksdale, William Bowen, Samuel Britton, Faye Clarke, Clarence Clemons, Zedrick Coaston, Elaine Hughes, Nathaniel Jordan, William Mallory, James Milton, Shirley Rosser, Fred Shuttlesworth, Logan Wiley, and Morris Williams.
Trudy D. Rauh, Laufman, Rauh & Gerhardstein, Cincinnati, OH, Robert E. Montgomery, Jr., Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, Brenda Wright, Lawyers' Committee for Civ. Right Under Law, Washington, DC, for The Black Taxpayers Assn.
James F. McCarthy, III (argued and briefed), Fay D. Dupuis, Ely Morgan Talcott Ryder, II (briefed), City Solicitor's Office for City of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, for City of Cincinnati.
James F. McCarthy, III, Ely Morgan Talcott Ryder, II, City Solicitor's Office for City of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, for Dwight Tillery, Todd Portune, John Mirlisena, Roxanne Qualls, Bobbie Sterne, Peter Strauss, Nell Surber, Nicholas Vehr and Tyrone Yates.
Philip L. Zorn, Jr., Cincinnati, OH, for Hamilton County Bd. of Election, Don Driehaus, George C. Eyrich, Ralph B. Kohnen, Thomas A. Luken, and James Cissell.
Carl J. Stich, Jr., Dinsmore & Shohl, Cincinnati, OH, Eugene P. Ruehlmann (briefed), Hamilton County Republican Party, Cincinnati, OH, for Hamilton County Republican Party amicus curiae.
Before: GUY and BOGGS, Circuit Judges; and CLELAND, District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied December 16, 1994.
GUY, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which CLELAND, D.J., joined. BOGGS, J. (pp. 816-17), delivered a separate concurring opinion.
RALPH B. GUY, Jr., Circuit Judge.
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