ASKEW v. CITY OF ROME

No. 96-8884.

127 F.3d 1355 (1997)

Bonnie L. ASKEW, Alvin L. Jackson, Sr., Larry G. Morrow, Sr., Committee of Concerned Citizens for the Reappointment of Rome/Floyd County, NAACP of Rome/Floyd County, Plaintiffs-Counter-Defendants, Appellants, Cross-Appellees, v. CITY OF ROME, Georgia City Commission, City of Rome Georgia, Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, William George Pullen, in his Official Capacity as Chair of the Rome City Commission, City of Rome, Georgia Board of Education, Sandra Burk, in her Official Capacity as Chair of the Rome Board of Education, Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, Joan Treglawn, in her Official Capacity as Superintendent of Elections of Floyd County, Georgia, Diane Bojo, John Ware, Esther Vaughn, Defendants-Appellees, United States of America, Intervenor-Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 14, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil Bradley, Laughlin McDonald, Maha Zaki, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiffs-Counter-Defendants, Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

Michelle M. Aronowitz, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae.

Robert M. Brinson, Joseph B. Atkins, Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler, Richardson & Davis, Rome, GA, for Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants.

Wade C. Hoyt, III, Floyd County Attorney, Rome, GA, for Floyd County Board of Elections & Registration.

Before BIRCH, Circuit Judge, FAY, Senior Circuit Judge, and COHILL, Senior District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

The judgment of the district court is affirmed for the reasons set forth in the thorough Order (opinion) entered on June 25, 1996 and attached hereto as Exhibit A.

AFFIRMED.

ATTACHMENT

APPENDIX

United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, Rome Division.

Bonny L. Askew, et al., Plaintiffs,

v.

City of Rome, Georgia, et al., Defendants.

Civil Action 4:93-cv-28-HLM...

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