BRADFORD COUNTY NAACP v. CITY OF STARKE

No. 86-5 Civ-J-12.

712 F.Supp. 1523 (1989)

BRADFORD COUNTY NAACP, et al., Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF STARKE, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Florida, Jacksonville Division.

February 27, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Lipman, Robert Weisberg, Miami, Fla., for plaintiffs.

Terrence Brown, Starke, Fla., for defendants.


FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

HODGES, Chief Judge.

I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs instituted this action on January 3, 1986, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the at-large, city-wide municipal elections held for members of the Starke City Commission. Plaintiffs allege that the at-large election system unlawfully dilutes the voting strength of black citizens and has a discriminatory result in violation of Section 2...

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