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OVERTON v. CITY OF AUSTIN

No. 87-1805.

871 F.2d 529 (1989)

Volma OVERTON, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Ernesto Calderon, et al., Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellants, v. CITY OF AUSTIN, et al., Defendants-Appellees, and Black Citizens Task Force, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 1, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Van Os, Austin, Tex., for Overton, et al.

Jose Garza and Judith A. Sanders-Castro, San Antonio, Tex., for Calderon, et al.

Iris J. Jones, Barney L. Knight, City Attys., Steve Bickerstaff and C. Robert Heath, Austin, Tex., for City of Austin.

Terry Davis, Austin, Tex., for Black Citizens Task Force.

Before THORNBERRY, RUBIN and JONES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

We are asked by black and Mexican-American plaintiffs-appellants to review whether the City of Austin's at-large, majority place system for election of city council members violates Section 2 et seq. of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. § 1973 et seq. (1982) (as amended). The district court performed a "searching and practical evaluation of `past and present reality'," S.Rep. No. 417, 97th Cong., 2d...

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