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GOMEZ v. CITY OF WATSONVILLE

No. 87-1751.

863 F.2d 1407 (1988)

Dolores Cruz GOMEZ; Patricia Leal; and Waldo Rodriguez, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The CITY OF WATSONVILLE; Ann Soldo, Mayor of the City of Watsonville; Rex Clark; Vido Deretich; Joe Marsano; Roy Ingersoll; Betty Murphy; Gwen Carroll, councilmembers of the City of Watsonville, in their official capacities as members of the City Council of the City of Watsonville; Lorraine Washington, City Clerk, in her official capacity as City Clerk for the City of Watsonville, California, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 27, 1988.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing December 7, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joaquin G. Avila, Fremont, Cal. (argued), with Barbara Y. Phillips, Rosen & Phillips, Morris J. Baller, Marron Reid & Sheehy, and Denise Hulett and Jose Garza, Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., San Francisco, Cal., on the briefs, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Vincent R. Fontana, Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, New York City, for defendants-appellees.

Before GOODWIN and NELSON, Circuit Judges, and GILLIAM, district judge.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc December 7, 1988.

NELSON, Circuit Judge:

Dolores Cruz Gomez, Patricia Leal, and Waldo Rodriguez ("Appellants") challenge the district court's ruling that the City of Watsonville's at-large mayoral and city council election system does not violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act as amended in 1982. 42 U.S.C. § 1973. The district court had jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1343(a)(3) &...

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