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BRIDGEPORT COALITION v. CITY OF BRIDGEPORT

Dockets 94-3040, 94-7496.

26 F.3d 280 (1994)

The BRIDGEPORT COALITION FOR FAIR REPRESENTATION; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Inc.; Greater Bridgeport Branch of the NAACP; Puerto Rican Coalition; Connecticut Latino Redistricting Committee; Ralph Ford; Raymond Correa; Mary McDuffie; Wilfredo Matos; Edwin Gomes; Julian Braxton; Rose Mercado, Respondents-Appellees, v. CITY OF BRIDGEPORT; Joseph Ganin, Mayor, City of Bridgeport, in his official capacity; Lisa Parziale, President, Bridgeport City Council, in her official capacity; Bridgeport City Council; Fleeta Hudson, City Clerk, City of Bridgeport, in her official capacity; Hector Diaz, Town Clerk, City of Bridgeport, in his official capacity; Frances Bociek, Registrar of Voters, City of Bridgeport, in her official capacity; Lucille Bruno, Registrar of Voters, City of Bridgeport, in her official capacity, Petitioners-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided May 25, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, P.C., Hartford, CT (John C. King, Karen Blando, Christian G. Sarantopoulos, Hartford, CT, Mark Anastasi, City Atty., City of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, of counsel), for petitioners-appellants.

CCLU Foundation, Hartford, CT (JoNel Newman, Philip D. Tegeler, of counsel), for respondents-appellees.

Before: MAHONEY, WALKER, and SPROUSE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This case involves the redistricting of the City Council districts in the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut. On a prior appeal, we affirmed by summary order entered March 25, 1994 the substantive terms of a preliminary injunction entered October 28, 1993 in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, Peter C. Dorsey, Judge, which required a new districting plan "that would include: (1) two out of ten districts in which African...

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