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BENAVIDEZ v. EU

No. 92-16260.

34 F.3d 825 (1994)

Sebastian BENAVIDEZ; Enrique Reyes, Jr.; Shirley Castillo; Dolores Marques; Jose C. Casio; Thomas Requejo; Esther Estrada; Jose Armando Villejas; Martin Gutieruiz; Tony De La Rosa; Carmen De La Rosa; Luis Hernandez, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellants, and Members of the California Democratic Congressional Delegation, Plaintiffs, v. March Fong EU, Secretary of State for the State of California; Assembly of the State of California; Senate of the State of California; Pete Wilson, Governor of the State of California, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 1, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Manuel Romero, Denise M. Hulett, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educ. Fund, San Francisco, CA, for plaintiffs-intervenors-appellants.

Manuel M. Medeiros, Deputy Atty. Gen., Oliver S. Cox, Staff Counsel, Sacramento, CA, for defendants-appellees.

Gailon W. McGowen, Jr., NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., New York City, for amicus.

Before: POOLE, BEEZER and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges.

POOLE, Circuit Judge:

A group of Latino California residents appeal the three-judge district court's dismissal of their complaint in intervention alleging that California's congressional districting violates the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973 et seq. The district court's opinion articulates no reason for dismissing these plaintiff-intervenors. Appellee Governor Pete Wilson suggests that dismissal was proper either under principles governing jurisdiction...

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