GA STATE CONFERENCE OF NAACP v. FAYETTE CTY. BD.

Civil Action No. 3:11-cv-123-TCB.

996 F.Supp.2d 1353 (2014)

GEORGIA STATE CONFERENCE OF the NAACP, et al., Plaintiffs, v. FAYETTE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Georgia, Newnan Division.

February 18, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leah C. Aden , Natasha Korgaonkar , Ryan P. Haygood , NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., New York, NY, Neil T. Bradley , Law Office of Neil Bradley, Avondale Estates, GA, for Plaintiffs.

Anne Ware Lewis , Bryan P. Tyson , Frank B. Strickland , Strickland Brockington Lewis, LLP, Atlanta, GA, Phillip L. Hartley , Harben, Hartley & Hawkins, LLP, Gainesville, GA, for Defendants.


ORDER

TIMOTHY C. BATTEN, SR., District Judge.

Judicial redistricting is not ideal. So where legislative action can remedy an unconstitutional or unlawful election plan, redistricting should be left to elected officials. Perry v. Perez, ___ U.S. ___, 132 S.Ct. 934, 941, 181 L.Ed.2d 900 (2012). Yet this rule is not without exception, such as when the timing of an upcoming election makes legislative action impractical...

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