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CAMPOS v. CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEX.

No. 87-2359.

840 F.2d 1240 (1988)

Tony CAMPOS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, et al., Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 1, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Val Perkins, Steven C. Oaks, Mueller, Oaks & Hartline, Houston, Tex., Randall B. Strong, City Atty., City of Baytown, Baytown, Tex., for defendants-appellants, cross-appellees.

Deborah Sterling Burleson, Asst. City Atty., Abilene, Tex., for amicus—City of Abilene.

William L. Garrett, Dallas, Tex., Rolando L. Rios, Southwest Voter Reg. & Ed. Project, San Antonio, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellees, cross-appellants.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, and REAVLEY, Circuit Judge, and HUNTER, District Judge.

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

This is a voting rights case. We uphold the district court's finding, as not clearly erroneous, that the at-large election of City of Baytown council members constitutes a violation of § 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. § 1973 (Supp.1987) (as amended June 29, 1982), because of vote dilution of the politically cohesive combination of Blacks and Mexican-Americans. However, the 5-3-1 plan, proposed by the city and adopted...

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