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GEORGIA v. ASHCROFT

No. Civ.A. 01-2111 (EGS HTE LFO).

204 F.Supp.2d 4 (2002)

The State of GEORGIA, Plaintiff, v. John ASHCROFT, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

June 3, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Ralph F. Boyd, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Civil Rights Div., Joseph D. Rich, Robert A. Kengle, David J. Becker, James Thomas Tucker, Bruce I. Gear, James D. Walsh, Dept. of Justice, Voting Section/Civ. Rights Div., Washington, DC, for Defendants.

Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen. of the State of Georgia, Dennis R. Dunn, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., State Law Dept., Atlanta, GA, Mark H. Cohen, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Troutman Sanders, L.L.P., Atlanta, GA, David F. Walbert, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Parks, Chesin, Walbert & Miller, P.C., Atlanta, GA, Thomas Sampson, Sr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Thomas, Kennedy, Sampson & Patterson, Atlanta, GA, Stuart Fries Pierson, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Troutman Sanders, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff.

Lee T. Ellis, Jr., E. Mark Braden, Baker & Hostetler, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Frank B. Strickland, Anne W. Lewis, Strickland Brockington Lewis L.L.P., Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Intervenors.

BEFORE: EDWARDS, Circuit Judge, SULLIVAN, District Judge, and OBERDORFER, Senior District Judge.

Opinion for the court filed by District Judge SULLIVAN, in which Circuit Judge EDWARDS and Senior District Judge OBERDORFER join.

Concurring opinion filed by Senior District Judge OBERDORFER.

SULLIVAN, District Judge.

On April 5, 2002, the court declined judicial preclearance to Georgia Act No. 1EX6, a plan for redistricting of the Georgia State Senate. However, at the request of the State of Georgia, this court maintained jurisdiction of the case...

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