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DAVID v. GARRISON

No. 75-1731.

553 F.2d 923 (1977)

Kirkley DAVID, L. Little, J. E. Clark, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Pitser GARRISON and Ed Wareing et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 2, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Flournoy, City Atty., Zeleskey, Cornelius, Rogers, Berry & Hallmark, James R. Cornelius, Jr., Lufkin, Tex., for defendants-appellants.

David R. Richards, Austin, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and TUTTLE and RONEY, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 2, 1977.

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

This case involves the narrow question of whether an at-large election system in Lufkin, Texas, population 23,049, 72% white and 28% black, works an unconstitutional dilution of votes for the City Commission election. The district court held the at-large plan unconstitutional and ordered an election with one at-large and six single member districts. Because the district court's...

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