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STOVALL v. CITY OF COCOA, FLA.

No. 96-2891.

117 F.3d 1238 (1997)

Charles L. STOVALL, Martha Ray Bethel, W.O. Wells, Reverend, Joann Stovall, Sylvester Weaver, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF COCOA, FLORIDA, Cocoa City Council, Mike Hill, Mayor-Councilmember of the City of Cocoa, Ray Griffin, Alex Greenwood, John Lee Blubaugh, Dave Salisbury, Phyllis Churchill, Members of the Cocoa City Council, Beth Dabrowski, Clerk of the City of Cocoa, Rudolph V. Stone, Commissioner of the City of Cocoa, Defendants-Appellees, Joel Robinson, Mathew Ford, Susan Griffin, Beverly Cathechis, Amici Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 24, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christina M. Correia, ACLU Foundation, Inc., Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

J. Wesley Howze, Jr., Amari Theriac & Eisenmenger, P.A., Melbourne, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before DUBINA, Circuit Judge, and HILL and GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judges.

DUBINA, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs/appellants ("plaintiffs") appeal the district court's order granting defendants/appellees' (collectively, "the City") motion to withdraw a joint motion for approval of a consent decree and entry of judgment. For the reasons that follow, we vacate and remand.

I. BACKGROUND

This is the second time we have considered an appeal in this voting rights case. In 1993, plaintiffs, black residents of the City of Cocoa, Florida...

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