                    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).

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