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SOLOMON v. LIBERTY COUNTY COM'RS

No. 97-2540.

221 F.3d 1218 (2000)

Gregory SOLOMON, Patricia Beckwith, Raleigh Brinson, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LIBERTY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, Liberty County School Board, L.B. Arnold, Commissioner, Williard Reddick, Commissioner, John T. Sanders, Commissioner, Donnie Coxwell, Commissioner, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 10, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Lipman, Miami, FL, Robert E. Weisberg, Law Offices of Robert E. Weisberg, Coral Gables, FL, Robert Bruce McDuff, Jackson, MS, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Julius F. Parker, III, Pennington, Wilkinson, Moore, Bell & Dunbar, Tallahassee, FL, for Liberty County Com'rs.

Lealand L. McCharen, Law Office of J.C. O'Steen, Tallahassee, FL, for Liberty County School Bd.

John C. Pelham, Pennington, Wilkinson, Moore, Bell & Dunbar, Tallahassee, FL, for Arnold, Reddick, Sanders and Coxwell.

J.C. O'Steen, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before ANDERSON, Chief Judge, and TJOFLAT, EDMONDSON, COX, BIRCH, DUBINA, BLACK, CARNES, BARKETT, HULL, MARCUS and WILSON, Circuit Judges.

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

This case involves challenges under section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. § 1973 (1994) (as amended), to the at-large method of electing the county commission and the school board of Liberty County, Florida. We hold that the district court properly denied relief and therefore affirm.

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The facts and procedural history of this case have been developed extensively in two previous panel opinions, Solomon...

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