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THOMPSON v. GLADES COUNTY BD. OF COUNTY COM'RS

No. 05-10669.

493 F.3d 1253 (2007)

Billie THOMPSON, Patricia Brown, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GLADES COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, Glades County School Board, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 24, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil Bradley, ACLU Foundation, Inc., Atlanta, GA, Cristina Correia, Avondale, GA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Gavin Wallace O'Brien, Gavin W. O'Brien, P.A., Holmes Beach, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before TJOFLAT, BARKETT and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges.

BARKETT, Circuit Judge:

This is a vote dilution case. African American voters in Glades County, Florida, challenge the at-large method of electing members of the County Commission and School Board, claiming that it depreciates their right to vote on account of their race in violation of § 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. § 1973, and the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. Following a bench trial,...

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