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CITIZENS FOR A BETTER GRETNA v. CITY OF GRETNA, LA.

No. 86-3863.

834 F.2d 496 (1987)

CITIZENS FOR A BETTER GRETNA, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF GRETNA, LOUISIANA, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 23, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon A. Gegenheimer, City Atty., Gretna, La., for defendants-appellants.

Harold E. Molaison, Gretna, La., for Mayor Ronnie C. Harris.

Alice M. Jacobs, Jack W. Jernigan, III, Ronald L. Wilson, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before GOLDBERG, JOHNSON and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

In this minority vote dilution case, the City of Gretna, Louisiana appeals the finding that at-large elections of Gretna aldermen violate § 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 as amended in 1982.1 This Circuit set out guidelines for evaluating minority vote dilution claims in Zimmer v. McKeithen, 485 F.2d 1297 (5th Cir.1973) (en banc) aff'd on other ground...

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