NEGRÓN v. CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLA.

No. 95-5172.

113 F.3d 1563 (1997)

Wanda NEGRÓN, Antonio Dominguez, Victor Alfred Varela, William Calderin, Juan Carlos Pérez, Maria B. Calcerrada, Maria Beatriz Guitierrez, Violeta Pilgrin, Victor Diaz, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Rafael Negrón, Russell Royce, Gloria Royce, Kathryne Schwickeri, Maria Martinez, Antonio Martinez, Judy Freyre, Jose M. Argote, Mirta Pestana, Elsa B. Dominguez, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, et al., Defendants-Appellees, Dori J. De Falco, Intervenor-Plaintiff.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 10, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Michael Cody, Miami, FL, Victor M. Diaz, Jr., Miami, FL, for appellants.

Stephen M. Zack, Norman Christopher Powell, Zack Sparber Kosnitsky, Truxton Spratt & Brooks, Miami, FL, Keith Hope, Key Biscayne, FL, for appellees.

Before CARNES, Circuit Judge, and FAY and CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judges.


CARNES, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs brought this action alleging that the electoral structure for selecting the members of the governing commission of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, violated § 2 of the Voting Rights Act by diluting Hispanic voting power. After a bench trial, the district court concluded that there was no § 2 violation and entered judgment for the defendants. We affirm.

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