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WESTWEGO CITIZENS FOR BETTER GOVT. v. CITY OF WESTWEGO

No. 89-3552.

906 F.2d 1042 (1990)

WESTWEGO CITIZENS FOR BETTER GOVERNMENT, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF WESTWEGO, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 16, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alice M. Jacobs, Jacobs, Jernigan & Weiner, Metairie, La., Ronald L. Wilson, Terry E. Allbritton and M. David Gelfand, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert B. McDuff, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae.

Jon A. Gegenheimer, Harvey, La., and John J. Molaison, Jr., Westwego City Atty., Gretna, La., for City of Westwego, et al.

Before KING, JOHNSON and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Westwego Citizens for Better Government, et al. (Citizens) appeals from the district court's ruling on remand that Citizens failed to make out a vote dilution claim for aldermanic elections in Westwego. Unfortunately, we must defer ruling on Citizens' appeal because we conclude that the district court must hear new evidence proffered by Citizens of a recent indigenous election involving the first black aldermanic candidate in Westwego. The district court...

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