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PREJEAN v. FOSTER

No. 99-30360.

227 F.3d 504 (2000)

William H. PREJEAN, et al., Plaintiffs, Harry J. Chauvin; Emile Poche; Ned C. Goldston; Dennis P. Louviere; and Eugene J. Schexnayder, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. M.J. "Mike" FOSTER, Jr., et al., Defendants, M.J. Foster, Jr., Governor of the State of Louisiana; Richard Ieyoub, Attorney General, State of Louisiana; W. Fox McKeithen, Secretary, State of Louisiana; and Jerry M. Fowler, Commissioner of Elections of the State of Louisiana, Defendants-Appellees, Janice G. Clark, Orscini B. Beard; Eddie G. Crawford; Voter Information Project Inc.; Louis Scott; Sylvia Cooks; Connie Sadler; Lloyd Dangerfield; Tom Nelson; Albert Richard; Brenda Ford; Edward Larvadain; Josie Frank, Intervenors-Appellees. Jon Oren, et al., Plaintiffs, Robert J. Heath, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. M.J. Foster, Jr., Governor of the State of Louisiana, in his official capacity, also known as Mike Foster; Richard Ieyoub, Attorney General, State of Louisiana in his official capacity; W. Fox McKeithen, Secretary, State of Louisiana in his official capacity; and Jerry M. Fowler, Commissioner of Elections of the State of Louisiana, in his official capacity, Defendants-Appellees, Janice Clark, Intervenor-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 2, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Loy Hurd (argued), Monroe, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Roy A. Mongrue, Jr. Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Angie Rogers LaPlace, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Robert Bruce McDuff (argued), Jackson, MS, Gilda R. Williams, Edward Still, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, DC, Ernest L. Johnson, Baton Rouge, LA, for Intervenors-Appellees.

Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, JONES and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

Since 1986, Louisiana's method of electing judges has been under attack for its alleged infringement of voting rights. The most recent litigation resulted from the state's efforts to settle an earlier case by creating majority-minority electoral subdistricts within a number of its trial court districts. According to the plaintiffs, who reside and vote in the district of the 23rd Judicial District Court (23rd JDC), the settlement itself...

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