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granting joint motion to remand to effectuate settlement in Louisiana voting rights case
Summary of this case from League, United Latin Amer Citizens v. ClementsOpinion
No. 89-3654.
August 21, 1992.
William P. Quigley, New Orleans, La., Judith Reed, Sherrilyn A. Ifell, Julius L. Chambers, New York City, Roy J. Rodney, Jr., McGlinchey, Stafford, Mintz, Cellini Lang, Ronald L. Wilson, New Orleans, La., C. Lani Guinier, Philadelphia, Pa., Pamela S. Karlan, Charlottesville, Va., for appellant.
Darleen M. Jacobs, New Orleans, La., for amicus, Supreme Court Justice for Orl.
Mark L. Gross, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Rights Div., Jessica Dunsay Silver, Irving Gornstein, Atty. U.S. Dept. of Justice, Appellate Sect. Civ. Rights Div., Washington, D.C., for U.S.
Brenda Wright, Robt. B. McDuff, Washington, D.C., for amicus Lawyer's Comm.
Kendall Vick, Eavelyn T. Brooks, Asst. Attys. Gen., LA Dept. of Justice, New Orleans, La., Robert G. Pugh, Shreveport, La., Moise W. Dennery, Lemle Kelleher, A.R. Christovich, Jr., Christovich Kearney, New Orleans, La., for appellees.
M. Truman Woodward, Jr., Milling, Benson, Woodward, Hillyer, Pierson Miller, New Orleans, La., for Roemer.
Peter J. Butler, Locke Purnell Rain Harrell, New Orleans, La., for Walter F. Marcus, Jr.
Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana; Charles Schwartz, Jr., Judge.
Before KING, JOHNSON and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.
ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
The Joint Motion to Remand to Effectuate Settlement filed by all parties is hereby granted; and this case is remanded to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana for the limited purpose of effectuating a settlement. Jurisdiction of the appeals is hereby retained. Upon notification that a consent judgment has been entered by the district court, the appeals will be dismissed. We express no opinion, of course, on the settlement or judgment.
REMANDED.