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BURTON v. CITY OF BELLE GLADE

No. 97-5091.

178 F.3d 1175 (1999)

Lillie BURTON, Vallie Danielles, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF BELLE GLADE, Belle Glade City Commission, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 25, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Gerald F. Richman, Gary Steven Betensky, Mark Anthony Romance, Richman, Greer, Weil, Brumbaugh, Mirabito & Christensen, P.A., West Palm Beach, FL, for City of Belle Glade.

John Eldridge Baker, Allen, Mathews & Baker, Belle Glade, FL, for Belle Glade City Counsel.

Margaret Leslie Cooper, Allen Roy Tomlinson, Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, West Palm Beach, FL, for Belle Glade Housing Authority.

Before TJOFLAT, BARKETT and MARCUS, Circuit Judges.

MARCUS, Circuit Judge:

Appellants, three African-American tenants of the Okeechobee Center, a housing project located in unincorporated Palm Beach County, and four African-American residents of the City of Belle Glade, brought this lawsuit alleging that the City of Belle Glade unlawfully deprived them of their right to vote in failing to annex the Okeechobee Center into the City. Specifically, Appellants contend that the...

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