Enrique SANCHEZ et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants,
v.
CITY OF MODESTO et al., Defendants and Respondents.
Court of Appeal of California, Fifth District.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
December 6, 2006.
December 6, 2006.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Heller Ehrman, George H. Brown, Warrington S. Parker, III, Peter E. Gratzinger, Nicholas S. `Campins, Stephen A. Tuggy, and Ronald A. Valenzuela, Los Angeles; Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, Robert Rubin and Nicholas Espiritu; Seattle University School of Law, Joaquin G. Avila, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Louis R. Mauro, Assistant Attorney General, Christopher E. Krueger and Douglas J. Woods, Deputy Attorneys General, for State of California as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.
Kathay Feng, Los Angeles, for California Common Cause and FairVote as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.
Alan Smith, City Attorney; Hogan and Hartson, Los Angeles, John W. Borkowski, Joseph G. Krauss, Nichelle Billips, Chhaya Malik, and Monica Sahaf, for City of Watsonville as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.
Howrey, LLP, John E. McDermott, Los Angeles; Richard Rudnansky, Interim City Attorney (Modesto), Roland R. Stevens, Assistant City Attorney, for Defendants and Respondents.
Gilbert Trujillo, City Attorney, for City of Santa Maria as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.
Patrick Whitnell for League of California Cities as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.
Court of Appeal of California, Fifth District.
OPINION
WISEMAN, J.
The trial court granted the defense's motion for judgment on the pleadings after ruling that the California Voting Rights Act of 2001 was facially invalid under the equal protection clauses of the state and federal Constitutions. It entered judgment against plaintiff Latino voters, who allege that, because of racially polarized voting in Modesto, they are precluded from electing any candidates in the city's at-large city council elections...
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