JOHNSON v. MORTHAM

No. TCA 94-40025-MMP.

926 F.Supp. 1540 (1996)

Andrew E. JOHNSON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Sandra MORTHAM, etc., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Florida, Tallahassee Division.

As Amended on Grant of Reconsideration May 24, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rod Sullivan, Alan B. Vlcek, P.A., Jacksonville, FL, Pro Hac Vice, Gerald J. Sullivan, Jr., Gerald J. Sullivan, P.A., Jacksonville, FL, for Andrew E. Johnson.

Gerald J. Sullivan, Jr., Gerald J. Sullivan, P.A., Jacksonville, FL, for Harold F. Davis, Arthur Wilson Devoe, Robert Ellison, George Erdel, Sue Hall, Carson Thomas Howes, Jr., Coranell H. Johnson, Jim Lewis, Jim Neill, Tommy Praeter, Charles Romero, Vicki T. Romero, Dana Wine.

Stephen N. Zack, Miami, FL, Pro Hac Vice, Brenda Wright and Jackqueline A. Berrien, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, DC, Pro Hac Vice, Gerald B. Curington, General Counsel, House of Representatives, Tallahassee, FL, for Pat Thomas.

Richard A. Hixson, Richard A. Hixson, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, Thomas R. Tedcastle, Florida House of Representatives, House Majority Office, Tallahassee, FL, Stephen N. Zack, Miami, FL, Pro Hac Vice, Brenda Wright and Jackqueline A. Berrien, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, DC, Pro Hac Vice, Gerald B. Curington, B. Elaine New, General Counsel, House of Representatives, Tallahassee, FL, for Bolley L. Johnson.

George L. Waas, Attorney General's Office, Department of Legal Affairs, Tallahassee, FL, David Alan Tepper, Department of State, Office of the General Counsel, Tallahassee, FL, for Sandra Mortham.

Brenda Wright, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, DC, Pro Hac Vice, Samuel L. Green, Sr., Leonard O'Neal, Glynell Presley, Mary Lawson Brown, Samuel L. Green, Sr.

Rodney G. Gregory, Rodney G. Gregory, P.A., Jacksonville, FL, J. Gerald Hebert, J. Gerald Hebert, P.A., Alexandria, VA, Pro Hac Vice, for Corrine Brown.

Charles G. Burr, Charles G. Burr, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Florida State Conference of NAACP Branches.

Before HATCHETT, Circuit Judge, PAUL, Chief District Judge, and VINSON, District Judge.


ORDER

BY THE COURT:

Defendants and Defendant-Intervenors have moved for a stay of remedial proceedings pending an appeal of this Court's order striking down Florida's Third Congressional District [see Johnson v. Mortham, 926 F.Supp. 1460 (N.D.Fla.1996) ]. A stay is "extraordinary relief" for which the moving party bears a "heavy burden" to demonstrate. Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Bd. of Educ. v. Scott...

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