TOUCHSTON v. McDERMOTT

No. 00-15985.

234 F.3d 1133 (2000)

Robert C. TOUCHSTON, Deborah Shepperd, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Michael McDERMOTT, in his official capacity as a member of the County Canvassing Board of Volusia County, Ann McFall, in her official capacity as a member of the County Canvassing Board of Volusia County, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

December 6, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Bopp, Jr., Bopp, Coleson & Bostram, Terre Haute, IN, for Robert C. Touchston, Deborah Shepperd and Diana L. Touchston.

Theodore B. Olson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Washington, DC, for Ned L. Siegel.

Daniel D. Eckert, Volusia County Legal Dept., DeLand, FL, for Michael McDermott and Ann McFall.

Andrew James McMahon, West Palm Beach, FL, for Theresa Lepore and Charles E. Burton.

John W. Little, III, Steel Hector & Davis, West Palm Beach, FL, for Carol Roberts.

Lee Alan Kraftchick, Miami, FL, for David Leahy, Lawrence King, Jr. and Miriam Lehr.

John W. Little, III, Steel Hector & Davis, West Palm Beach, FL, for Katherine Harris and Bob Crawford.

John Brian Murray, Jr., Steel Hector & Davis, LLP, West Palm Beach, FL, for Clay Roberts.

L. Roland Blossom, Frank B. Gummey, III, Tura Schnebly, Volusia County Legal Dept., DeLand, FL, Leonard Berger, West Palm Beach, FL, Joseph P. Klock, Jr., Christopher Duke, John B.T. Murray, Jr., Steel Hector & Davis, LLP, West Palm Beach, FL, Bruce Rogow, Beverly A. Pohl, Bruce S. Rogow, P.A., Ft. Lauderdale, FL, John H. Fleming, James A. Orr, Allegra J. Lawrence, Carey P. DeDeyn, C. Francis Whitaker, III, Charles B. Jones, III, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for George W. Bush.

Teresa Wynn Roseborough, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Atlanta, GA, for State Attorneys General, Amicus Curiae and Florida Democratic Party, Intervenor.

Charles Melvin Fahlbusch, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for State of Florida Atty. Gen., Intervenor.

Before ANDERSON, Chief Judge, and TJOFLAT, EDMONDSON, COX, BIRCH, DUBINA, BLACK, CARNES, BARKETT, HULL, MARCUS and WILSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The district court's denial of a preliminary injunction is affirmed for the reasons set forth in Siegel v. Lepore, 234 F.3d 1163 (11th Cir.2000).

AFFIRMED.

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge, dissenting, in which BIRCH and DUBINA, Circuit Judges, join, and in which CARNES, Circuit Judge, joins as to Part V:

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