Case Name: REPUBLICAN PARTY OF NORTH CAROLINA; Bruce Briggs; William R. Sigmon; Marvin K. Gray; R. Howard Riddle; Lloyd Fowler; Joe R. Wilson; H. Walter White; Edgar A. Readling, Jr.; Frederic M. Gallagher; Ralph A. Walker, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. James B. HUNT, Jr., Governor of North Carolina; North Carolina State Board of Elections; William Marsh, Jr., Chairman of North Carolina State Board of Elections; Gregg O. Allen; M.H. Hood Ellis; Ruth Turner Semashko; June K. Youngblood; North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers, Defendants-Appellees, and Durham County Board of Elections; Forsyth County Board of Elections; Guilford County Board of Elections, Defendants
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1993-04-27
Citations: 991 F.2d 1202
Docket Number: No. 91-1741
Parties: REPUBLICAN PARTY OF NORTH CAROLINA; Bruce Briggs; William R. Sigmon; Marvin K. Gray; R. Howard Riddle; Lloyd Fowler; Joe R. Wilson; H. Walter White; Edgar A. Readling, Jr.; Frederic M. Gallagher; Ralph A. Walker, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. James B. HUNT, Jr., Governor of North Carolina; North Carolina State Board of Elections; William Marsh, Jr., Chairman of North Carolina State Board of Elections; Gregg O. Allen; M.H. Hood Ellis; Ruth Turner Semashko; June K. Youngblood; North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers, Defendants-Appellees, and Durham County Board of Elections; Forsyth County Board of Elections; Guilford County Board of Elections, Defendants.
Judges: Entered at the direction of Judge WILKINS for a panel consisting of Judge RUSSELL, Judge WILKINS and Judge GLEN M. WILLIAMS, Senior United States District Judge, sitting by designation.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 991
Pages: 1202–1210

Head Matter:
REPUBLICAN PARTY OF NORTH CAROLINA; Bruce Briggs; William R. Sigmon; Marvin K. Gray; R. Howard Riddle; Lloyd Fowler; Joe R. Wilson; H. Walter White; Edgar A. Readling, Jr.; Frederic M. Gallagher; Ralph A. Walker, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. James B. HUNT, Jr., Governor of North Carolina; North Carolina State Board of Elections; William Marsh, Jr., Chairman of North Carolina State Board of Elections; Gregg O. Allen; M.H. Hood Ellis; Ruth Turner Semashko; June K. Youngblood; North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers, Defendants-Appellees, and Durham County Board of Elections; Forsyth County Board of Elections; Guilford County Board of Elections, Defendants.
No. 91-1741.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
April 27, 1993.

Opinion:
ON PETITION FOR REHEARING WITH SUGGESTION FOR REHEARING IN BANC
Appellees have filed a petition for rehearing with suggestion for rehearing in banc and appellants filed an answer to the petition. A member of the Court requested a poll on the suggestion for rehearing in banc, and a majority of the judges voted to deny rehearing in banc. Judges WIDENER, PHILLIPS and MURNAGHAN voted to rehear the case in banc and Judge PHILLIPS wrote the attached dissent. Judges RUSSELL, HALL, WILKINSON, WILKINS, NIEMEYER, HAMILTON, LUTTIG and WILLIAMS voted against rehearing in banc. Chief Judge ERVIN disqualified himself from participation.
The original judicial panel voted to deny the petition for rehearing.
The Court denies the petition for rehearing with suggestion for rehearing in banc.
Entered at the direction of Judge WILKINS for a panel consisting of Judge RUSSELL, Judge WILKINS and Judge GLEN M. WILLIAMS, Senior United States District Judge, sitting by designation.