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Nature of Suit Code: 441
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Voting
Cause of Action: 42:1973 Voting Rights Act

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE UNITED STATES OF THE

 MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION

JOHN DILLARD, et al., )

)

Plaintiffs, )

)

ROBERT R. BINION, et al., )

)

Plaintiffs-Intervenors,)

)

GILBERT GREEN, )

CALVIN JONES, JR., )

)

Plaintiff-Intervenors, )

) CIVIL ACTION NO.

v. ) 2:87cv1179-MHT

) (WO)

CHILTON COUNTY COMMISSION, )

et al., )

)

Defendants. )

ORDER

Upon consideration of the opinion of the United

States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit entered

on August 20, 2007, Dillard v. Chilton County Com’n, 495

F.3d 1324 (11th Cir. 2007), wherein the orders and

opinions of this court made and entered herein on August

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14 and September 6 and 21, 2006 (Doc. Nos. 170, 171, 182,

194, & 195), Dillard v. Chilton County Com’n, 447 F.

Supp. 2d 1273 (M.D. Ala. 2006), 447 F. Supp. 2d 1280

(M.D. Ala. 2006), 452 F. Supp. 2d 1193 (M.D. Ala. 2006),

were vacated; and the mandate for the United States Court

of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued on December 6,

2007, and received in the office of the clerk of this

court on December 6, 2007 (Doc. No. 206), it is the

ORDER, JUDGMENT, and DECREE of the court as follows:

(1) The orders and opinions entered on August 14 and

September 6 and 21, 2006 (Doc. Nos. 170, 171,

182, 194 & 195), Dillard v. Chilton County

Com’n, 447 F. Supp. 2d 1273 (M.D. Ala. 2006),

447 F.Supp. 2d 1280 (M.D. Ala. 2006), 452 F.

Supp. 2d 1193 (M.D. Ala. 2006), are vacated.

(2) The claims set forth in the complaint-inintervention (Doc. No. 64) filed by intervenors

Gilbert Green and Calvin Jones, Jr. are

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dismissed without prejudice for lack of standing.

(3) The previously vacated remedial orders and

judgments, including the orders and consent

decree entered on June 23, 1988 (Doc. Nos. 46 &

47), that restructured the Chilton County

Commission, including establishing a ‘cumulative

voting scheme’ for the commission, Dillard v.

Chilton County Bd. of Educ, 699 F. Supp. 870

(M.D. Ala. 1988), aff’d, Dillard v. Chilton

County Com'n, 868 F.2d 1274 (11th Cir. 1989)

(table), are reinstated.

DONE, this the 10th day of December, 2007. 

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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