Solomon v. Liberty County, Fla.
| Decision Date | 26 April 1989 |
| Docket Number | No. 87-3406,87-3406 |
| Citation | 873 F.2d 248 |
| Parties | 53 Ed. Law Rep. 426 Greg SOLOMON, Patricia Beckwith, Raleigh Brinson, and Earl Jennings, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LIBERTY COUNTY, FLORIDA, Gene Free, Chairman, Commissioner, Joe Burke, Commissioner, James E. Johnson, Commissioner, J.L. Johnson, Commissioner, John T. Sanders, Commissioner, their successors and agents, all in their official capacities, Defendants-Appellees. Gregory SOLOMON, Patricia Beckwith, Raleigh Brinson and Earl Jennings, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LIBERTY COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, FLORIDA, Ras Hill, Chairman, Joseph Combs, Tommy Duggar, W.L. Potter, Herbert Whittaker, members of the Liberty County School Board, their successors and agents, all in their official capacities, Defendants-Appellees. |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Eleventh Circuit |
David M. Lipman, Lipman & Weisberg, Miami, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellants.
Jack F. White, Jr., Hal A. Davis, Quincy, Fla., for defendants-appellees.
Appeals from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida.
ON PETITION FOR REHEARING AND SUGGESTION OF REHEARING IN BANC
(Opinion December 12, 1988, 11th Cir., 1988, 865 F.2d 1566.)
Before RONEY, Chief Judge, TJOFLAT, HILL, FAY, VANCE, KRAVITCH, JOHNSON, HATCHETT, ANDERSON, CLARK, EDMONDSON and COX, Circuit Judges.
A member of this court in active service having requested a poll on the application for rehearing in banc and a majority of the judges of this court in active service having voted in favor of granting a rehearing in banc,
IT IS ORDERED that the above causes shall be reheard by this court in banc with oral argument during the week of June 5, 1989, on a date hereafter to be fixed. The clerk will specify a briefing schedule for the filing of in banc briefs. The previous panel's opinion is hereby VACATED.
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