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WESTWEGO CITIZENS v. CITY OF WESTWEGO

No. 89-3552.

946 F.2d 1109 (1991)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 28, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry E. Allbritton, M. David Gelfand, New Orleans, La., Alice M. Jacobs, Metairie, La., Ronald Wilson, Dan Zimmerman, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

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

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

Before KING, JOHNSON and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

KING, Circuit Judge:

We address, for a third time, the claims of a group of citizens from the city of Westwego, Louisiana that the form of their city's government bars Westwego's black citizens from any meaningful degree of participation in the city's political life. On the basis of the evidence presented to and the facts found by the district court, we conclude that the plaintiffs have prevailed on their claims under the Voting Rights Act. Accordingly, we reverse...

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