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McMILLAN v. ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLA.

No. 78-3507.

638 F.2d 1239 (1981)

Henry T. McMILLAN et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA et al., Defendants-Appellants. Elmer JENKINS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF PENSACOLA et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 19, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard I. Lott, County Atty., John W. Flemming, Asst. County Atty., Pensacola, Fla., for Escambia County.

Ray, Patterson & Kievit, Pensacola, Fla., for School Board.

Charles S. Rhyne, William S. Rhyne, Washington, D.C., for all defendants-appellants.

Don J. Canton, City Atty., Pensacola, Fla., for City of Pensacola.

J. U. Blacksher, Larry Menefee, Mobile, Ala., Kent Spriggs, Tallahassee, Fla., Jack Greenberg, Eric Schnapper, New York City, Edward Still, Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before COLEMAN, PECK and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.

KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

These consolidated cases arise from an attack on the forms of government in the City of Pensacola and Escambia County, Florida. The County Commission, City Council and School Board are all defendants. The district court, after extensive hearings, found that the at-large election systems used to elect each of the three defendant bodies are unconstitutional.1 We affirm...

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