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BROUSSARD v. PEREZ

No. 78-3594.

686 F.2d 320 (1982)

Merlis J. BROUSSARD & Ernest Johnson, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Challin Octave PEREZ, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 26, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Gordon Kean, Jr., Baton Rouge, La., Sidney W. Provensal, Jr., New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellants.

Stanley A. Halpin, Jr., New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before REAVLEY, RANDALL and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 26, 1982.

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

This suit attacks the at-large election of the five Plaquemines Parish Commission Council members on the ground that this manner of election unconstitutionally dilutes the votes of black citizens. The district court held in favor of the plaintiffs, declaring the at-large method of election to be maintained with the intent to deprive blacks of equal protection of the law. The district...

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