Kelley v. Bennett

MEMORANDUM OPINION

COX, Circuit Judge,

with whom ALBRITTON, Chief Judge, joins.

I. Introduction

The plaintiffs, all Alabama voters, have challenged their state house-of-representative and senate districts under the equal-protection principles announced in Shaw v. Reno, 509 U.S. 630, 113 S.Ct. 2816, 125 L.Ed.2d 511, (1993). This court’s earlier published opinions have adequately recited this action’s history.1 In unpublished orders, we have granted summary judgment in the defendants’ favor on five of those districts on various grounds: house districts (HDs) 73, 82, 88, and 101, and senate district…