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CHEN v. CITY OF HOUSTON

No. Civ.A. H-97-1180.

9 F.Supp.2d 745 (1998)

Edward CHEN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF HOUSTON, Defendant.

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

May 6, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Loy Hurd, Monroe, LA, Douglas E. Markham, Houston, TX, Robert Popper, New York City, for Plaintiffs.

Claude Robert Heath, Bickerstaff Heath et al, Sydney W. Falk, Jr., Bickerstaff Heath Smiley Pollan Kever and McDaniel, Austin, TX, for Defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ATLAS, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs, residents of the Defendant City of Houston (the "City,"),1 filed this voting rights case alleging that the City engaged in racial gerrymandering in developing its 1997 city council redistricting plan. The 1997 redistricting was required because the City in late 1996 annexed the Kingwood area with a population of over 40...

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