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Ayers v. Fordice

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Aug 18, 1992
970 F.2d 1378 (5th Cir. 1992)

Opinion

No. 88-4103.

August 18, 1992.

Robert Pressman, Center for Law Educ., Cambridge, Mass., Alvin O. Chambliss, Oxford, Miss., for Ayers, et al.

Linda F. Thome, Jessica Dunsay Silver, Attys., Appellate Sect., Civ. Rights Div., Dept. of Justice, Nathaniel Douglas, John R. Moore, Levern M. Younger, Franz R. Marshall, Zita Johnson-Betts, Attys., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Rts. Div., Educ. Opportunities Litigation Sec., Roger Clegg, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., for U.S.

Mike Moore, Atty. Gen., William F. Goodman, Jr., Paul Stephenson, Ed Davis Noble, Jr., Jackson, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi; Neal B. Biggers, Jr., Judge.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, GOLDBERG, KING, JOHNSON, GARWOOD, JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, JONES, SMITH, DUHE, WIENER, BARKSDALE, EMILIO M. GARZA, and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.


ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES


This Court, sitting en banc, affirmed the judgment of the district court in Ayers v. Allain, 674 F. Supp. 1523 (N.D.Miss. 1987). On appeal the United States Supreme Court found that we and the district court had applied the incorrect legal standard, vacated our decision and remanded the matter to this Court. Accordingly, we vacate the decision of the district court and remand this matter to it for further proceedings consistent with the opinion of the Supreme Court.

Ayers v. Allain, 914 F.2d 676 (5th Cir. 1990).

United States v. Fordice, 112 S.Ct. 2727 (1992).

VACATED and REMANDED.


Summaries of

Ayers v. Fordice

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Aug 18, 1992
970 F.2d 1378 (5th Cir. 1992)
Case details for

Ayers v. Fordice

Case Details

Full title:JAKE AYERS, SR., ET AL., PLAINTIFFS, JAKE AYERS, JR., BENNIE G. THOMPSON…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Date published: Aug 18, 1992

Citations

970 F.2d 1378 (5th Cir. 1992)

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