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CHISOM v. LOUISIANA EX REL. LANDRY

No. 22-30320.

85 F.4th 288 (2023)

Ronald CHISOM; Marie Bookman, also Known as Governor; Urban League of Louisiana, Plaintiffs-Appellees, United States of America; Bernette J. Johnson, Intervenor Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. State of LOUISIANA, EX REL. Jeff LANDRY, Attorney General, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED October 25, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leah Camille Aden, Esq. , Alaizah Koorji , NAACP, Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Incorporated, New York, NY, William P. Quigley , New Orleans, LA, Ronald Lawrence Wilson , Blake Jones Law Firm, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Ronald Chisom, Marie Bookman.

Leah Camille Aden, Esq. , Alaizah Koorji , NAACP, Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Incorporated, New York, NY, William P. Quigley , New Orleans, LA, Ronald Lawrence Wilson , Blake Jones Law Firm, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, Michael B. de Leeuw , Cozen O'Connor, P.C., New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellee Urban League of Louisiana.

Yael Bortnick , Erin Helene Flynn, Esq. , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, Emily Brailey , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights/Criminal Section, Washington, DC, Peter M. Mansfield , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA, for Intervenor Plaintiff-Appellee United States of America.

Nora Ahmed , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA, Kelly E. Brilleaux, Esq. , Connor Peth , Irwin Fritchie Urquhart Moore & Daniels, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, Jon Marshall Greenbaum, Esq. , Director, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, DC, Inemesit U. O'Boyle, Esq. , Attorney, James McClendon Williams , Chehardy Sherman Williams Recile & Hayes, L.L.P., Metairie, LA, for Intervenor Plaintiff-Appellee Bernette J. Johnson.

Elizabeth Baker Murrill, Esq. , Assistant Attorney General, Angelique Duhon Freel, Esq. , Assistant Attorney General, Louisiana Department of Justice, Baton Rouge, LA, Shae Gary McPhee, Jr. , Assistant Solicitor General, Louisiana Department of Justice, Office of the Solicitor General, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Matthew F. Block , Block Law Firm, A.P.L.C., Thibodaux, LA, for Amicus Curiae John Bel Edwards, Governor of the State of Louisiana.

Before Wiener, Stewart, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.

Defendant-Appellant State of Louisiana, ex rel. Jeff Landry ("the State"), seeks to dissolve a consent decree that pertains to the method of selecting justices for the Louisiana Supreme Court. The State attempts to dissolve the consent judgment under the first and third clauses of Rule 60(b)(5) of the Federal...

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