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DILLARD v. BALDWIN COUNTY COM'RS

Nos. 03-14668, 03-16061.

376 F.3d 1260 (2004)

John DILLARD, Plaintiff-Cross-Claimant-Appellant, Damascus Crittenden, Jr., Earwen Ferrell, Clarence J. Jarrells, Ullysses McBride, Louis Hall, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellants, Billy R. Smith, Joe E. Horace, Willie E. Edwards, Intervenor-Plaintiffs-Cross-Claimants-Appellants, Dale Eugene Brown, George R. Johnson, James Austin, Alvin Lee Pitts, Intervenor-Plaintiffs, Cross Defendants-Appellees, v. BALDWIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, Defendants-Appellees, Adrian Johns, Intervenor-Defendant, Appellee. John Dillard, Plaintiff-Cross-Claimant-Appellant, Damascus Crittenden, Jr., Earwen Ferrell, Clarence J. Jarrells, Ullysses McBride, Louis Hall, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellants, Billy R. Smith, Joe E. Horace, Willie E. Edwards, Intervenor-Plaintiffs-Cross-Claimants-Appellants, Dale Eugene Brown, George R. Johnson, James Austin, Jr., Alvin Lee Pitts, Intervenor-Plaintiffs, Cross-Defendants-Appellees. v. Baldwin County Commissioners, Defendant-Appellee, Adrian Johns, Intervenor-Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 13, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James U. Blacksher, Birmingham, AL, for Appellants.

Patrick H. Sims, Mobile, AL, Albert L. Jordan, Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff & Brandt, L.L.C., Birmingham, AL, Algert Swanson Agricola, Jr., Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff & Brandt, John J. Park, Jr., Montgomery, AL, for Appellees.

Before DUBINA and CARNES, Circuit Judges, and MILLS, District Judge.

DUBINA, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, we are confronted with the question of whether a federal court must award relief on a vote dilution claim brought under section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. § 1973, where the circumstances of the case make clear that no form of relief available under section 2 will empower the protected minority group with any meaningful opportunity to elect the candidate of its choice. We answer the question in the negative...

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