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U.S. v. CITY OF HOUSTON

Nos. 91-3076, 91-3117.

800 F.Supp. 504 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF HOUSTON, et al., Defendants. Jesse CAMPOS, W.R. (Resendez) Morris, and Mexican American Bar Association of Houston, v. CITY OF HOUSTON, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Houston Division.

August 21, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John David Lenoir, Sp. Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, Tex., J. Gerald Hebert, Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Voting Section, Washington, D.C., for U.S.

Myra A. McDaniel, C. Robert Heath, Bickerstaff Heath & Smiley, Austin, Tex., for all other defendants.

Myra A. McDaniel, C. Robert Heath, Bickerstaff Heath & Smiley, Austin, Tex., Ann Hardy, Houston, Tex., for Anita Rodeheaver.

Michael J. Zomcik, Bonham Carrington & Fox, Houston, Tex., for Clymer Wright.

Pamela C. Oglesby, Texas Human Rights Foundation, Austin, Tex., for Annise Parker.

Frumencio Reyes, Jr., Reyes & Reyes-Castillo P.C., Houston, Tex., for Jesse Campos, W.R. (Resendez) Morris and Mexican American Bar Ass'n of Houston.

Before JONES, Circuit Judge, DeANDA, Chief District Judge, and LAKE, District Judge.

MEMORANDUM OPINION ON MOTION OF UNITED STATES FOR ENTRY OF ORDER REQUIRING SPECIAL ELECTIONS

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

Having considered the parties' arguments and the uncontested facts adduced, this three-judge court determines that it is neither appropriate to void the results of Houston's 1991 City Council elections for nine single-member districts1 and order a special interim election to be conducted, nor is it proper...

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