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JOHNSON v. DeSOTO COUNTY BD. OF COM'RS

No. 98-3714.

204 F.3d 1335 (2000)

Brenda M. JOHNSON, William Guice, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DeSOTO COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, R.V. Griffin, in his official capacity as chairperson of the DeSoto County Board of Commissioners, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 3, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil Bradley, Cristina Correia, ACLU Foundation, Inc., Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Robert M. Fournier, Sarasota, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before EDMONDSON and BIRCH, Circuit Judges, and OWENS, Senior District Judge.

EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs, black citizens of DeSoto County, brought suit, alleging that the current at-large method of electing the county school board and county commission unlawfully dilutes black-minority voting strength, under section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. After a trial, the district court found that Plaintiffs had failed to prove vote dilution and entered judgment for Defendants. We affirm the judgment...

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