ARANDA v. VAN SICKLE

No. 77-2714.

600 F.2d 1267 (1979)

Jose ARANDA et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. J. B. VAN SICKLE et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

July 12, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joaquin G. Avila, Mexican-American Legal Defense & Educational Fund, San Antonio, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants; Morris Baller, Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund, San Francisco, Cal., argued.

John A. Lewis (argued), Lewis, Varni & Ghirardelli, San Fernando, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before BARNES and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges, and VOORHEES, District Judge.


BARNES, Senior Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from the granting of a motion for summary judgment made by the defendants, who were once members of the city council, and the Mayor, of the City of San Fernando, California.

The district court found that the plaintiffs, members of the San Fernando Mexican-American community, who brought this class action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, had failed to establish that the at-large election scheme used by the City of...

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