Case Name: In re Barbara H. ALLEN, Appellant, BETTER GOVERNMENT BUREAU, INCORPORATED, an Ohio Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Darrell V. McGRAW, Jr., Attorney General, State of West Virginia, Personally and in his Official Capacity; Better Government Bureau Office of the Attorney General State of West Virginia, A Body Politic, A Corporate Instrumentality of Government with Limited Agency and QuasiSovereign Capacity; Ken Hechler, Secretary of State, in his Official Capacity, Defendants, v. Donna WILLIS, Party in Interest; BETTER GOVERNMENT BUREAU, INCORPORATED, an Ohio Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Darrell V. McGRAW, Jr., Attorney General, State of West Virginia, Personally and in his Official Capacity, Defendant-Appellant, and BETTER GOVERNMENT BUREAU OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, A Body Politic, A Corporate Instrumentality of Government with Limited Agency and Quasi-Sovereign Capacity; Ken Hechler, Secretary of State, in his Official Capacity, Defendants, v. Barbara H. ALLEN; Donna Willis, Parties in Interest. (Two Cases)
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1997-07-16
Citations: 119 F.3d 1129
Docket Number: Nos. 96-1464, 96-1601 and 96-1652
Parties: In re Barbara H. ALLEN, Appellant, BETTER GOVERNMENT BUREAU, INCORPORATED, an Ohio Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Darrell V. McGRAW, Jr., Attorney General, State of West Virginia, Personally and in his Official Capacity; Better Government Bureau Office of the Attorney General State of West Virginia, A Body Politic, A Corporate Instrumentality of Government with Limited Agency and QuasiSovereign Capacity; Ken Hechler, Secretary of State, in his Official Capacity, Defendants, v. Donna WILLIS, Party in Interest. BETTER GOVERNMENT BUREAU, INCORPORATED, an Ohio Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Darrell V. McGRAW, Jr., Attorney General, State of West Virginia, Personally and in his Official Capacity, Defendant-Appellant, and BETTER GOVERNMENT BUREAU OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, A Body Politic, A Corporate Instrumentality of Government with Limited Agency and Quasi-Sovereign Capacity; Ken Hechler, Secretary of State, in his Official Capacity, Defendants, v. Barbara H. ALLEN; Donna Willis, Parties in Interest. (Two Cases)
Judges: Chief Judge WILKINSON, and Judges RUSSELL, Widener, Wilkins, LUTTIG, and WILLIAMS voted for rehearing en banc. Judges Murnaghan, ERVIN, NIEMEYER, HAMILTON, MICHAEL, and Motz voted against rehearing en banc. Judge HALL disqualified himself and took no part in the consideration of this case.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 119
Pages: 1129–1140

Head Matter:
In re Barbara H. ALLEN, Appellant, BETTER GOVERNMENT BUREAU, INCORPORATED, an Ohio Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Darrell V. McGRAW, Jr., Attorney General, State of West Virginia, Personally and in his Official Capacity; Better Government Bureau Office of the Attorney General State of West Virginia, A Body Politic, A Corporate Instrumentality of Government with Limited Agency and QuasiSovereign Capacity; Ken Hechler, Secretary of State, in his Official Capacity, Defendants, v. Donna WILLIS, Party in Interest. BETTER GOVERNMENT BUREAU, INCORPORATED, an Ohio Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Darrell V. McGRAW, Jr., Attorney General, State of West Virginia, Personally and in his Official Capacity, Defendant-Appellant, and BETTER GOVERNMENT BUREAU OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, A Body Politic, A Corporate Instrumentality of Government with Limited Agency and Quasi-Sovereign Capacity; Ken Hechler, Secretary of State, in his Official Capacity, Defendants, v. Barbara H. ALLEN; Donna Willis, Parties in Interest. (Two Cases)
Nos. 96-1464, 96-1601 and 96-1652.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
July 16, 1997.
As Amended Aug. 8, 1997.

Opinion:
ORDER
A member of the Court requested a poll on the suggestion for rehearing en banc. The poll failed to produce a majority of the judges in active service in favor of rehearing en banc.
Chief Judge WILKINSON, and Judges RUSSELL, Widener, Wilkins, LUTTIG, and WILLIAMS voted for rehearing en banc. Judges Murnaghan, ERVIN, NIEMEYER, HAMILTON, MICHAEL, and Motz voted against rehearing en banc. Judge HALL disqualified himself and took no part in the consideration of this case.
Judge MOTZ filed an opinion concurring in the denial of rehearing en banc, in which Judges Murnaghan, ERVIN, Hamilton, and Michael joined. Judge LUTTIG filed an opinion dissenting from the denial of rehearing en banc, in which Chief Judge WILKINSON, and Judges RUSSELL, WIDENER, WILKINS, and WILLIAMS joined.
The suggestion for rehearing en banc is hereby denied. Entered at the direction of Judge MOTZ for the Court.