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UN. LATIN AMER. CIT. v. MIDLAND IND. SCH. DIST.

Nos. 86-1710, 86-1775.

812 F.2d 1494 (1987)

LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS, COUNCIL NO. 4386, and the Black Advisory Council, Organizations Incorporated Under the Laws of the State of Texas, Etc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. MIDLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Joseph Golding, Ronald Britton, Joyce Sherrod, Joseph Reed, Fred Newman, Parker Humes, Billy Jackson, All in Their Official Capacities, Etc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Granted May 21, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cotton, Bledsoe, Tighe & Dawson, Charles Tighe, Rick Strange, Julia E. Vaughan, Midland, Tex., for defendants-appellants.

Rolando L. Rios, San Antonio, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before WISDOM, RUBIN and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing En Banc Granted May 21, 1987.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

This appeal concerns minority vote dilution.1

Blacks and Mexican-Americans in Midland, Texas, join hands in this class action to prevent their votes being diluted by an at-large system of voting in the election of trustees to the Board of Trustees for the Midland Independent School District (MISD)2 An election system violates §...

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