Case Name: Gregory SOLOMON, Patricia Beckwith, Raleigh Brinson, and Earl Jennings, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LIBERTY COUNTY, FLORIDA, Gene Free, Chairman, Commissioner, Joe Burke, Commissioner, James E. Johnson, Commissioner, J.L. Johnson, Commissioner, John T. Sanders, Commissioner, their successors and agents, all in their official capacities, Defendants-Appellees; Gregory SOLOMON, Patricia Beckwith, Raleigh Brinson, and Earl Jennings, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LIBERTY COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, FLORIDA, Ras Hill, Chairman, Joseph Combs, Tommy Duggar, W.L. Potter, Herbert Whittaker, members of the Liberty County School Board, their successors and agents, all in their official capacities, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1990-04-05
Citations: 899 F.2d 1012
Docket Number: No. 87-3406
Parties: Gregory SOLOMON, Patricia Beckwith, Raleigh Brinson, and Earl Jennings, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LIBERTY COUNTY, FLORIDA, Gene Free, Chairman, Commissioner, Joe Burke, Commissioner, James E. Johnson, Commissioner, J.L. Johnson, Commissioner, John T. Sanders, Commissioner, their successors and agents, all in their official capacities, Defendants-Appellees. Gregory SOLOMON, Patricia Beckwith, Raleigh Brinson, and Earl Jennings, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LIBERTY COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, FLORIDA, Ras Hill, Chairman, Joseph Combs, Tommy Duggar, W.L. Potter, Herbert Whittaker, members of the Liberty County School Board, their successors and agents, all in their official capacities, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before TJOFLAT, Chief Judge, FAY, VANCE , KRAVITCH, JOHNSON, HATCHETT, ANDERSON, CLARK, EDMONDSON, and COX, Circuit Judges, and HILL , Senior Circuit Judge.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 899
Pages: 1012–1039

Head Matter:
Gregory SOLOMON, Patricia Beckwith, Raleigh Brinson, and Earl Jennings, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LIBERTY COUNTY, FLORIDA, Gene Free, Chairman, Commissioner, Joe Burke, Commissioner, James E. Johnson, Commissioner, J.L. Johnson, Commissioner, John T. Sanders, Commissioner, their successors and agents, all in their official capacities, Defendants-Appellees. Gregory SOLOMON, Patricia Beckwith, Raleigh Brinson, and Earl Jennings, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LIBERTY COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, FLORIDA, Ras Hill, Chairman, Joseph Combs, Tommy Duggar, W.L. Potter, Herbert Whittaker, members of the Liberty County School Board, their successors and agents, all in their official capacities, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 87-3406.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
April 5, 1990.
David M. Lipman, Lipman & Weisberg, Miami, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellants.
Katherine Inglis Butler, University of South Carolina College of Law, Columbia, S.C., for defendants-appellees.
Before TJOFLAT, Chief Judge, FAY, VANCE , KRAVITCH, JOHNSON, HATCHETT, ANDERSON, CLARK, EDMONDSON, and COX, Circuit Judges, and HILL , Senior Circuit Judge.
Honorable Robert S. Vance, Circuit Judge, was a member of the en banc court which heard oral argument, but due to his death on December 16, 1989, did not participate in the disposition of this case.
Honorable James C. Hill, Senior Circuit Judge, has elected to participate in the consideration and disposition of this case. See 28 U.S.C. § 46(c).

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
We unanimously vacate the district court's judgment and remand the case for further proceedings in accordance with the Supreme Court's pronouncement in Thornburg v. Gingles, 478 U.S. 30, 106 S.Ct. 2752, 92 L.Ed.2d 25 (1986). We hold, as a matter of law, that the appellants have satisfied the three Gingles factors, see post at 1037 (Tjoflat, C.J., specially concurring), 1017 (Kravitch, J., specially concurring), but we are divided on the legal effect of proving those factors. Because we are divided in our interpretation of Gingles and section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973 (1982), we do not specifically direct the district court on how to proceed on remand. Rather, we instruct the district court to proceed in accordance with Gingles, giving due consideration to the views expressed in Chief Judge Tjoflat's and Judge Kravitch's specially concurring opinions. This case is VACATED and REMANDED for further proceedings.
IT IS SO ORDERED.