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CLAY v. BOARD OF EDUC. OF CITY OF ST. LOUIS

No. 95-3378.

90 F.3d 1357 (1996)

William L. CLAY, Jr.; John F. Bass, Appellants, Louis H. Ford, Plaintiff, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the CITY OF ST. LOUIS, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 26, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo V. Garvin, Jr., St. Louis, MO, argued (Paul M. Maloney, on the brief), for appellants.

Kenneth C. Broston, St. Louis, MO, argued, for appellee.

Before MAGILL, HEANEY, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.

MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

William L. Clay, Jr. and John F. Bass (Plaintiffs) brought suit against the Board of Education of the City of St. Louis (Board of Education), alleging violation of § 2 of the Voting Rights Act. 42 U.S.C. §§ 1973-1973p. Plaintiffs contend that the at-large voting system used to elect members to the Board of Education operates to dilute African-American voting power. The district court,1 finding that...

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