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Split Panel in Fifth Circuit Adopts Stricter Dowell Standard to Review Louisiana’s Compliance with Voting Rights Consent Decree on State’s Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)(5) Motion for Relief from Judgment

In Chisolm v. State of Louisiana, No. 22-30320 (5th Cir. Oct. 25, 2023), a split panel affirms denial of a motion to dissolve a voting-rights consent decree under Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)(5). That rule provides that a party may move for relief from a judgment if it “has been satisfied, released, or discharged; itContinue reading “Split Panel in Fifth Circuit Adopts Stricter Dowell Standard to Review Louisiana’s Compliance with Voting Rights Consent Decree on State’s Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)(5) Motion for Relief from Judgment”