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ROMERO v. CITY OF POMONA

Nos. 87-6326, 87-6517 and 88-5688.

883 F.2d 1418 (1989)

Dr. Gloria J. ROMERO, Willie E. White, Joseph Lee Duncan, Tomas Ursua, and Harold Webb, Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. The CITY OF POMONA; G. Stanton Selby, Mayor of the City of Pomona; Vernon M. Weigand, Councilman District 1; E.J. Gualding, Councilman District 2; Donna Smith, Councilperson District 3; Mark Nymeyer, Councilman District 4; In Their Official Capacities, Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 24, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rolando L. Rios, San Antonio, Tex., William Garrett, Dallas, Tex., Richard P. Fajardo and E. Richard Larson, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants/cross-appellees.

John E. McDermott and Erich R. Luschei, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees/cross-appellants.

Before FLETCHER, ALARCON and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges.

KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge:

I. Background

The plaintiffs, Gloria J. Romero, Willie E. White, Joseph Lee Duncan, Tomas Ursua and Harold Webb, eligible voters and residents of the City of Pomona, California, allege that that city's at-large districting plan impermissibly dilutes the right of black and Hispanic voters to elect candidates of their choice to the Pomona City Council.

These facts are not in dispute: Since its incorporation in 1888, Pomona...

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