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VELASQUEZ v. CITY OF ABILENE, TEX.

No. 82-1630.

725 F.2d 1017 (1984)

Maria VELASQUEZ, Isaiah Moreland, Amelia Aguirre, Ben Aguirre, and John McCowan, Individually and on behalf of all Black and Mexican-American Citizens of the City of Abilene, Texas, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The CITY OF ABILENE, TEXAS, E. Hall, B. Proctor, K. Webster, L.D. Hilton, J. Bridges, A.E. Fogle, Jr., and J. Rodriguez, the Mayor and City Councilmen of the City of Abilene, Texas, all in their official capacities, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 29, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Garrett, Dallas, Tex., Gale Patterson, Fort Worth, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Harvey Cargill, Jr., City Atty., Gary Landers, John T. Patterson, Karen L. Anderson, Asst. City Attys., Abilene, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before GARZA, WILLIAMS and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

GARZA, Circuit Judge:

We have before us an appeal by plaintiffs-appellants (Blacks and Mexican-Americans) from the denial of their petition for declaratory judgment and other relief alleging that the at-large election system for selection of Abilene City Council members violates the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, as well as 42 U.S.C. §§ 1971, 1973, 1983 and 1988. The trial was to the court, which made extensive...

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