Hancock County Board of Supervisors v. Ruhr et al

Filing 219

ORDER Requesting Supplemental Briefs. Signed by Chief District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr on 06/25/2013 (Guirola, Louis)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI
SOUTHERN DIVISION
HANCOCK COUNTY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS
Plaintiff
v.
KAREN LADNER RUHR, in her
official capacity as HANCOCK
COUNTY CIRCUIT CLERK and
HANCOCK COUNTY REGISTRAR,
HANCOCK COUNTY REPUBLICAN
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, and
HANCOCK COUNTY DEMOCRATIC
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Defendants

CAUSE NO. 1:10CV564 LG-RHW

CONSOLIDATED WITH:

3:11CV121 LG-RHW
3:11CV122 LG-RHW
3:11CV123 LG-RHW
3:11CV124 LG-RHW
4:11CV33 LG-RHW
5:11CV28 LG-RHW
5:11CV29 LG-RHW
5:11CV30 LG-RHW

JIM HOOD, ATTORNEY GENERAL
FOR THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,
EX REL. THE STATE OF
MISSISSIPPI
Intervenor
ORDER REQUESTING SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFING
Following the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals’ opinion vacating this Court’s
order granting motions to dismiss and remanding these cases for consideration of
mootness, the parties were required to brief the issue of whether dismissal for
mootness was appropriate. Briefing was completed in December 2012.
In view of the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Shelby County,
Alabama v. Holder, No. 12-96, 2013 WL 3184629 (June 25, 2013), the parties are
permitted to submit supplemental briefs. In addition, to the extent they have not
already done so, the parties should also address the recent three-judge panel
decision in Mississippi State Conference of N.A.A.C.P. v. Barbour, No. 3:11cv159-

TSL-EGJ-LG-MTP, 2011 WL 1870222 (S.D. Miss. May 16, 2011) aff'd, 132 S. Ct.
542 (2011) and aff'd sub nom. Miss. State Conference of N.A.A.C.P. v. Bryant, 133 S.
Ct. 2389 (2013).
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the parties shall
file supplemental briefs not to exceed ten (10) pages as outline above, on or before
July 26, 2013.
SO ORDERED AND ADJUDGED this the 25th day of June, 2013.

s/

Louis Guirola, Jr.

LOUIS GUIROLA, JR.
CHIEF U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE

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