Bankwest, Inc. v. Thurbert E. Baker

Filing 920060427

Opinion

[PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 04-12420 ________________________ BANKWEST, INC., ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF GEORGIA, INC., Plaintiffs-Appellants, COMMUNITY STATE BANK, FIRST AMERICAN CASH ADVANCE OF GEORGIA, LLC, CASH AMERICA FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., et al., Consolidated-Plaintiffs-Appellants, versus THURBERT E. BAKER, Attorney General of the State of Georgia, CATHY COX, Secretary of State, for the State of Georgia, in their official capacities, Defendants-Consolidated-Defendants-Appellees. ________________________ On Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia _________________________
FILED U.S. COURT OF APPEALS ELEVENTH CIRCUIT APR 27, 2006 THOMAS K. KAHN CLERK

Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, TJOFLAT, ANDERSON, BIRCH, DUBINA, BLACK, CARNES, BARKETT, HULL, MARCUS, WILSON, PRYOR, and HILL, Circuit Judges.

The order granting en banc rehearing in this appeal, BankWest v. Baker, 433 F.3d 1344, 1345 (11th Cir. 2005), is VACATED, and the case is remanded to the panel for consideration and decision of the mootness issue raised by the Appellees' suggestion of mootness.

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