JONES v. CITY OF LUBBOCK

No. 83-1196.

727 F.2d 364 (1984)

Rev. Roy JONES, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The CITY OF LUBBOCK, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied April 10, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Travis D. Shelton, T. Dale Jones, John C. Ross, Jr., City Atty., James P. Brewster, Asst. City Atty., Lubbock, Tex., for City of Lubbock et al.

William L. Garrett, Dallas, Tex., Mark C. Hall, c/o John J. O'Shea, Albert Perez, Tomas Garza, Lubbock, Tex., Rolando L. Rios, San Antonio, Tex., for Roy Jones et al.

Lane Arthur, Lubbock, Tex., for Rose Wilson.

Daniel H. Benson, Lubbock, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellees, Roy Jones et al. and plaintiff-intervenor-appellee, Rose Wilson.

Before REAVLEY, RANDALL and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied April 10, 1984.

RANDALL, Circuit Judge:

The City of Lubbock, Texas, appeals a judgment holding that the City's at-large system of electing members of its city council violated both the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1973 (West Supp.1983). That judgment rests on the district court's findings that...

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