ALLEN v. LOUISIANA

No. 20-30734.

14 F.4th 366 (2021)

Anthony ALLEN; Stephanie Anthony; Louisiana State Conference of the NAACP, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. State of LOUISIANA; R. Kyle Ardoin, Secretary of State of Louisiana in his official capacity, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED September 17, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alec Winfield Farr , Jennifer Kies Mammen , Adam L. Shaw , Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, L.L.P., Jon Marshall Greenbaum, Esq. , Director, Jennifer Nwachukwu , Ezra D. Rosenberg, Esq. , Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, DC, Arthur Ray Thomas, Esq. , Arthur R. Thomas & Associates, L.L.C., Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Shae Gary McPhee, Jr. , Assistant Solicitor General, Louisiana Department of Justice, Office of the Solicitor General, New Orleans, LA, Elizabeth Baker Murrill, Esq. , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA, Phillip Michael Gordon , Jonathan Lienhard , Jason Brett Torchinsky , Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak, P.L.L.C., Haymarket, VA, for Defendant-Appellant State of Louisiana.

Celia Rhea Cangelosi , Elizabeth Baker Murrill, Esq. , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA, Shae Gary McPhee, Jr. , Assistant Solicitor General, Louisiana Department of Justice, Office of the Solicitor General, New Orleans, LA, Phillip Michael Gordon , Jonathan Lienhard , Jason Brett Torchinsky , Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak, P.L.L.C., Haymarket, VA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Davis, Duncan, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.


Three decades ago, a federal consent decree—the "Chisom decree" —created Louisiana's one majority-black supreme court district. In this appeal, we are asked whether that decree also governs the other six districts. The answer is no.

The district court therefore rightly denied Louisiana...

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