Thompson v. Connick

Full title: John THOMPSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Harry F. CONNICK, in his official…

Court: United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Date published: May 13, 2011

641 F.3d 133 (5th Cir. 2011)

Opinion

No. 07-30443.

May 13, 2011.

Michael L. Banks, J. Gordon Cooney, Jr., Managing Sr. Counsel (argued), Morgan, Lewis Bockius, L.L.P., Philadelphia, PA, Robert S. Glass, Glass Reed, New Orleans, LA, for Thompson.

William D. Aaron, Jr. (argued), Richard Anthony Goins, Renee F. Smith, Goins Aaron, A.P.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellants.

Ralph Roger Alexis, III, Porteous, Hainkel Johnson, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, Ellis Pete Adams, Jr. (argued), LA Dist. Attys. Ass'n, Baton Rouge, LA, for LA Dist. Atty's Ass'n, Amicus Curiae.

Donna Rau Andrieu and Andrew Milton Pickett, Asst. Dist. Attys., New Orleans, LA, for Orleans Parish Asst. Dist. Attys., Amicus Curiae.

James Davis Blacklock, Austin, TX, Hiram S. Sasser, Kelly J. Shackelford, Chief Counsel, Liberty Legal Inst., Piano, TX, for Former Fed. Prosecutors, Amicus Curiae.

Martin Jonathan Siegel, Law Office of Martin J. Siegel, P.C., Houston, TX, for Ctr. on the Admin, of Crim. Law, Amicus Curiae.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana; Carl J. Barbier, Judge.

ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and KING, JOLLY, DAVIS, SMITH, WIENER, BARKSDALE, GARZA, BENAVIDES, STEWART, CLEMENT, PRADO, OWEN, ELROD, SOUTHWICK and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.^_

_ Judge Dennis and Judge Graves did not participate in this decision.

PER CURIAM:

This Court, sitting en banc, affirmed the judgment of the district court by reason of an equally divided vote. See Thompson v. Connick, 578 F.3d 293 (5th Cir. 2009) (en banc). The Supreme Court reversed and remanded the judgment of this Court. See Connick v. Thompson, ___ U.S. ___, 131 S.Ct. 1350, 179 L.Ed.2d 417 (2011).

Accordingly, this matter is REMANDED to the district court for entry of judgment in favor of Appellants.