Johnson v. Mortham

ORDER

PAUL, Chief Judge:

On January 12, 1996, the Court ordered the parties in this cause to fully brief the status of the burden of proof in the strict scrutiny context (Doc. 117). The. following parties filed briefs on the issue: Plaintiffs (Doc. 122); Defendant-Intervenors Cummings and Brown (Doc. 123); Defendanb-Intervenor United States (Doc. 125); Defendant Mortham (Doc. 126); and Defendant-Intervenor NAACP (Doc. 128). Not surprisingly, Plaintiffs argue that since they have proven that Florida’s Third Congressional District was drawn primarily for race-conscious reasons, Defendants and…