Legal Opinion · Concurring in part, dissenting in part
DeJulio v. Georgia
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 21, 2001No. 01-10806Published
1Concurring in part, dissenting in partCox, Circuit Judge
I agree that summary judgment was appropriate on the Voting Rights Act claims. However, I do not agree that the district court should have invoked Pullman abstention on the federal “one person, one vote” equal protection claims. Since, in my view, there are no unsettled questions of state law presented in this case, I respectfully dissent from Part II.A. of the court’s opinion.
The voters filed a five count complaint in ■the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Counts One, Two, and Three allege violations of the Equal Protection Clause of the United States…
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