John Dillard v. Baldwin County Commissioners

MARCUS, Circuit Judge:

Intervenors Dale Eugene Brown, George R. Johnson, James Austin, Jr., and Alvin Lee Pitts (the “Intervenors”) appeal the district court’s order granting the original Plaintiffs’ (the “Dillard Plaintiffs”) motion to dismiss the Intervenors’ complaint. The Intervenors sought to intervene as plaintiffs in order to challenge the district court’s 1988 remedial order which changed the size of the Baldwin County Commission from four commissioners to seven in order to remedy a violation of section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The district court dismissed the Intervenors’…