CHISOM v. EDWARDS

William P. Quigley, New Orleans, La., Judith Reed, Sherrilyn A. Ifell, Julius L. Chambers, New York City, Roy J. Rodney, Jr., McGlinchey, Stafford, Mintz, Cellini Lang, Ronald L. Wilson, New Orleans, La., C. Lani Guinier, Philadelphia, Pa., Pamela S. Karlan, Charlottesville, Va., for appellant. Darleen M. Jacobs, New Orleans, La., for amicus, Supreme Court Justice for Orl. Mark L. Gross, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Rights Div., Jessica Dunsay Silver, Irving Gornstein, Atty. U.S. Dept. of Justice, Appellate Sect. Civ. Rights Div., Washington, D.C., for U.S. Brenda Wright, Robt. B. McDuff, Washington, D.C., for amicus Lawyer's Comm. Kendall Vick, Eavelyn T. Brooks, Asst. Attys. Gen., LA Dept. of Justice, New Orleans, La., Robert G. Pugh, Shreveport, La., Moise W. Dennery, Lemle Kelleher, A.R. Christovich, Jr., Christovich Kearney, New Orleans, La., for appellees. M. Truman Woodward, Jr., Milling, Benson, Woodward, Hillyer, Pierson Miller, New Orleans, La., for Roemer. Peter J. Butler, Locke Purnell Rain Harrell, New Orleans, La., for Walter F. Marcus, Jr.