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RURAL WEST TN AFRICAN-AMERICAN COUN. v. SUNDQUIST

Nos. 98-6718, 98-6778.

209 F.3d 835 (2000)

RURAL WEST TENNESSEE AFRICAN-AMERICAN AFFAIRS COUNCIL, et al. (98-6718), Phillip R. Langsdon, et al. (98-6778), Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Don SUNDQUIST, Governor of the State of Tennessee, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed April 3, 2000

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied May 16, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Dinkins (briefed), Dodson, Parker, Dinkins & Behm, Nashville, TN, Laughlin McDonald (briefed), American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees in Docket No. 98-6718.

Michael W. Catalano (argued and briefed), Assoc. Solicitor Gen., Paul G. Summers (briefed), Office of the Attorney General, Nashville, TN, for Defendants-Appellants.

John R. Walker (briefed), Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell, Memphis, TN, Maclin P. Davis, Jr., Waller, Lansden, Dortch & Davis, Nashville, TN, John L. Ryder (argued and briefed), Apperson, Crump & Maxwell, Memphis, TN, for Plaintiffs-Appellees in Docket No. 98-6778.

Before: JONES, BATCHELDER, and CLAY, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied May 16, 2000.

BATCHELDER J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which CLAY, J., joined. NATHANIEL R. JONES, J. (pp. 844-47), issued a separate concurring opinion.

OPINION

BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge.

Don Sundquist, Governor of the State of Tennessee, and other state officials appeal from a district court order finding that a districting plan for the Tennessee House of Representatives...

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