DUNCAN v. COFFEE COUNTY, TENNESSEE

No. 94-5746.

69 F.3d 88 (1995)

Stephen Kenneth DUNCAN; Patricia Willis Duncan; Robert Paul Howard; Martha J. Howard; Dale Anthony West; Mary Ann West; Tommy S. Hancock; Martha S. Hancock; David M. Cahill; Carolyn R. Cahill; James G. Jarrell; and Mary Lynn Felts, for themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COFFEE COUNTY, TENNESSEE; James Wilhelm, Coffee County Executive; Connie Casteel, Registrar of Voters for Coffee County, Tennessee; and Gary Cline, Chairman of the Coffee County Election Commission, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided November 1, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Thomas Parsons (argued and briefed), Parsons and Nichols, Manchester, TN, for Stephen K. Duncan, Patricia W. Duncan, Robert P. Howard, Martha J. Howard, Dale A. West, Mary A. West, Tommy S. Hancock, Martha S. Hancock, David M. Cahill, Carolyn R. Cahill, James G. Jarrell and Mary L. Felts.

Robert F. Hazard (argued and briefed), Copeland, Conley & Hazard, Tullahoma, TN, for Coffee County, Tennessee and James Wilhelm.

Christine A. Modisher, Asst. Attorney Gen., Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Justice Division, Nashville, TN, Michael W. Catalano, Deputy Attorney Gen. (argued and briefed), Office of the Attorney General, General Civil Division, Nashville, TN, for Connie Casteel and Gary Cline.

Before: JONES and BOGGS, Circuit Judges; and CHURCHILL, District Judge.


BOGGS, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs-Appellants appeal a judgment in this voting rights case in favor of Defendants-Appellees (collectively referred to as "Coffee County"). The district court entered the judgment in favor of Coffee County after the parties agreed to stipulated facts and presented oral argument. For the reasons set out more fully below, we affirm.

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