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JENKINS v. CITY OF PENSACOLA

No. 79-1633.

638 F.2d 1249 (1981)

Elmer JENKINS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF PENSACOLA et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 19, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. U. Blacksher, Mobile, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Don J. Caton, City Atty., Pensacola, Fla., for defendants-appellees.

Charles S. Rhyne, William S. Rhyne, Washington, D.C., for City of Pensacola, et al.

Before COLEMAN, PECK and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.

KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents the very narrow but difficult question of whether the district court properly "approved"1 a 7-32 plan for future City Council elections in Pensacola, Florida.3 We have today, in a separate opinion, McMillan v. Escambia County, 638 F.2d 1239 (5th Cir. 1981), affirmed the district court which held...

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