1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.3d
  4. 535 F.3d
  5. 535 F.3d 594 (2008)
 

GONZALEZ v. CITY OF AURORA, ILLINOIS

No. 06-4175.

535 F.3d 594 (2008)

Sam GONZALEZ, Maria Crosby, and Mariana Correa, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF AURORA, ILLINOIS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 24, 2008.

Rehearing Denied August 19, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jorge Sanchez (argued), Despres, Schwartz & Geoghegan, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

David L. LaPorte (argued), Querrey & Harrow, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and WOOD and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

In the 2000 Census, 32.6% of the population in the City of Aurora, Illinois, identified itself as Hispanic, but of the City's residents who are citizens and old enough to vote only 16.3% are Hispanic. Aurora has 10 single-seat wards, only one of which reliably elects Latino candidates to the City Council. Another ward, although about 66% Latino, has twice elected a black alderman since the redistricting that followed the 2000 Census. When...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases