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REYES v. CITY OF FARMERS BRANCH, TEX.

No. 08-11106.

586 F.3d 1019 (2009)

Valentine REYES; Irene Gonzalez; Gary F. Garcia, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The CITY OF FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 3, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jose Garza (argued), San Antonia, TX, Rolando Lea Rios, Law Office of Rolando Rios, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

C. Robert Heath (argued), Bickerstaff, Heath, Delgado & Acosta, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM and STEWART, Circuit Judges, and ENGELHARDT, District Judge.

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

In this voting rights case, we treat a claim that the city of Farmers Branch, Texas has diluted the strength of its Hispanic vote.1 After a bench trial, the district court rejected the claim. There are two issues on appeal — one legal and one factual. First, the Plaintiffs urge that the Supreme Court's decision in Bartlett v. Strickland2 implicitly overruled...

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