John Jay Hooker, Jr., Plaintiff-appellant, v. Charles W. Burson, in His Official Capacity As Tennesseeattorney General and Reporter; Riley Darnell, in Hisofficial Capacity As Tennessee Secretary of State; Brookthompson, in His Official Capacity As Coordinator of Thedivision of Elections, Tennessee Secretary of State'soffice; Penny J. White, in Her Official Capacity Asassociate Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court Andindividually As a Candidate for Associate Judge of Thetennessee Supreme Court; William H.d. Fones, in Hisofficial Capacity As Chief Judge of the Special Tennesseesupreme Court; Martha S.l. Black, in Her Official Capacityas Associate Judge of the Special Tennessee Supreme Court;lyn S. Howard, in Her Official Capacity As Associate Judgeof the Special Tennessee Supreme Court; A.c. Wharton, Inhis Official Capacity As Associate Judge of the Specialtennessee Supreme Court; S. Morris Hadden, in His Officialcapacity As Associate Judge of the Special Tennessee Supremecourt, Defendants-appellees, 107 F.3d 870 (6th Cir. 1997)
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US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- 107 F.3d 870 (6th Cir. 1997)
Feb. 12, 1997
Before: MARTIN, Chief Judge; ENGEL and COLE, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal from a denial of a preliminary injunction that would have prohibited state officials from conducting the August 1, 1996 election of a judge of the Tennessee Supreme Court on an uncontested retention basis.
While many other issues have been raised, the sole question before us is whether the denial of a preliminary injunction constituted an abuse of discretion. We find that it did not.
ACCORDINGLY, the judgment of the district court is affirmed.
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