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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
for the Fifth Circuit
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No. 88-4103
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JAKE AYERS, SR., ET AL.,
Plaintiffs,
JAKE AYERS, JR., BENNIE G. THOMPSON, LEOLA BLACKMON, LILLIE
BLACKMON, LOUIS ARMSTRONG, DARRYL C. THOMAS, and LEON JOHNSON,
Plaintiffs-Appellants,
and
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Intervenor-Appellant,
VERSUS
KIRK FORDICE, Governor, State of Mississippi, ET AL.,
Defendants-Appellees.
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Appeals from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Mississippi
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ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
(August 18, 1992)

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, GOLDBERG, KING, JOHNSON, GARWOOD,
JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, JONES, SMITH, DUHÉ, WIENER, BARKSDALE,
EMILIO M. GARZA, and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
This Court, sitting en banc,1 affirmed the judgment of the
district court in Ayers v. Allain, 674 F.Supp. 1523 (N.D. Miss.
1 Ayers v. Allain, 914 F.2d 676 (5th Cir. 1990).

1987). On appeal the United States Supreme Court found2 that we
and the district court had applied the incorrect legal standard,
vacated our decision and remanded the matter to this Court.
Accordingly, we vacate the decision of the district court and
remand this matter to it for further proceedings consistent with
the opinion of the Supreme Court.
VACATED and REMANDED.
2 United States v. Fordice, 112 S. Ct. 2727 (1992).
2