BLUM v. SCHRADER

No. S06A1766.

637 S.E.2d 396 (2006)

BLUM et al. v. SCHRADER et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

November 6, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emmet J. Bondurant, David Gregory Hill Brackett, Jason James Carter, Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP, Atlanta, Irwin W. Stolz Jr., Winburn Lewis & Stolz, LLP, Athens, for Blum.

Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Dennis R. Dunn, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jane A. Range, Hulsey Oliver & Mahar LLP, William H. Blalock Jr., Stewart, Melvin & Frost, LLP, Gainesville, Michael Curtis Pruett, Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover, P.C., William C. Berryman Jr., Athens, Norman J. Slawsky, Jacobs Slawsky & Barnett, Kirby G. Atkinson, Ekonomou Atkinson & Lambros LLC, Atlanta, Billy Irvan Daughtry Jr., Elberton, for Schrader.


CARLEY, Justice.

In 2006, the General Assembly enacted S.B. 386, which redrew three state senate districts in the Athens area. Appellant-plaintiffs, who are voters in the newly drawn districts, initially brought an action in federal court attacking the enactment on both constitutional and statutory grounds. However, their claims were found to be meritless. Kidd v. Cox, 2006 WL 1341302 (N.D.Ga. 2006). Appellants then filed this state action, in which they challenged...

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