Opinion
No. 04-12420.
December 28, 2005.
Susan Verbonitz, Marc J. Zucker, Weir Partners, LLP, Alan S. Kaplinsky, Jeremy T. Rosenblum, Mark J. Levin, Ballard, Spahr, Andrews Ingersoll, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, William P. Eiselstein, Miller Martin, PLLC, Christopher J. Willis, Richard H. Sinkfield, Daniel D. Zegura, Rogers Hardin, LLP, John K. Larkins, Jr., Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins Bever, LLP, Michael C. Russ, King Spalding, Charles E. Campbell, McKenna, Long Aldridge, Robert A. Bartlett, Long, Aldridge Norman, Atlanta, GA, Larry Dwight Floyd, Jr., Parker, Poe, Adams Bernstein, LLP, Columbia, SC, for Appellants.
Thurbert E. Baker, Isaac Byrd, Sidney Ray Barrett, Jr., Atlanta, GA, for Appellees.
James T. McIntyre, Jr., Chrys D. Lemon, McIntyre Law Firm, PLLC, Deborah M. Zuckerman, AARP Foundation Lit., Linda A. Arnsbarger, Morrison Foerster, LLP, Washington, DC, Erin Glenn Busby, Bracewell Patterson, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Michael D. Calhoun, Center for Responsible Lending, Durham, NC, for Amici Curiae.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (No. 04-00988-CV-1-MHS); Marvin H. Shoob, Judge.
(Opinion June 10, 2005, 411 F.3d 1289, 11th Cir. 2005)
Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, and TJOFLAT, ANDERSON, BIRCH, DUBINA, BLACK, CARNES, BARKETT, HULL, MARCUS, WILSON and PRYOR, Circuit Judges.
Senior United States Circuit Judge James C. Hill has elected to participate in further proceedings in this matter pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 46(c).
BY THE COURT:
A member of this Court in active service having requested a poll on the suggestions of rehearing en banc and a majority of the judges in this Court in active service having voted in favor of granting a rehearing en banc,
IT IS ORDERED that the above cause shall be reheard by this court en banc. The previous panel's opinion is hereby VACATED.