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BENNETT v. JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA

No. 15-11690.

899 F.3d 1240 (2018)

Andrew BENNETT, Jefferson County Tax Assessor, Bessemer Division, Roderick V. Royal, Former Birmingham City Council President, Mary Moore, Alabama State Legislator, John W. Rogers, Alabama State Legislator, William R. Muhammad, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 16, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Calvin Grigsby , Law Office of Calvin Grigsby, Danville, CA, Frederick Thurman Kuykendall, III , Hausfeld, LLP, Washington, DC, Arthur J. Spector , Berger Singerman, LLP, Boca Raton, FL, David A. Sullivan , David A. Sullivan Atty At Law, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Kenneth Nathan Klee , Lee R. Bogdanoff , Whitman L. Holt , Robert J. Pfister , David Marc Stern , Klee Tuchin Bogdanoff & Stern, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, James B. Bailey , Jay Robert Bender , Richard Aaron Chastain , Nicholas Adam Danella , John Patrick Darby , Christopher Lee Hawkins , Matthew Howard Lembke , Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP, Birmingham, AL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Richard Patrick Carmody , Aaron Gavin McLeod , Adams & Reese, LLP, Birmingham, AL, for Amicus Curiae National Association of Bond Lawyers.

Caitlin Joan Halligan , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, New York, NY, Jayna Partain Lamar , Maynard Cooper & Gale, PC, Birmingham, AL, Kasdin M. Mitchell , Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.

Before TJOFLAT, MARTIN, and JORDAN, Circuit Judges.

Generally speaking, the doctrine of equitable mootness "permits courts sitting in bankruptcy appeals to dismiss challenges (typically to confirmation plans) when effective relief would be impossible." Ullrich v. Welt (In re Nica Holdings, Inc.), 810 F.3d 781, 786 (11th Cir. 2015). We...

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