Legal Opinion
Hall v. Louisiana
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 13, 2018No. 15-30858PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRISCILLA R. OWEN, Circuit Judge:
Kenneth Hall and Byron Sharper appeal the district court's denial of their Rule 60(b)(6) motion to vacate claims rendered moot by intervening legislation enacted after the court issued its judgment but before the time to appeal had expired. We affirm.
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In 1993, the Louisiana Legislature enacted Act 609, which replaced Baton Rouge's at-large electoral system with one that divided the city into two electoral sections, demarcated Election Section One and Election Section Two. The Legislature then subdivided the majority-black Election Section One into two…
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