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GREATER HOUSTON CIVIC COUNCIL v. MANN

Civ. A. No. 73-H-1650.

440 F.Supp. 696 (1977)

GREATER HOUSTON CIVIC COUNSEL et al. v. Frank MANN et al.

United States District Court, S. D. Texas, Houston Division.

March 8, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. A. Greene, Jr., Houston, Tex., George J. Korbel, San Antonio, Tex., Frumencio Reyes, Craig Washington, Houston, Tex., Jesse Roy Botello, San Antonio, Tex., for plaintiffs.

Otis H. King, City Atty. and John R. Whittington, Jr., Asst. City Atty., Houston, Tex., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND OPINION

HANNAY, Senior District Judge.

This is a class action suit in behalf of black and Mexican-American minorities in Houston, Texas against members of Houston's City Council. The suit seeks to enjoin on federal constitutional grounds further elections for positions on the Council under the present system of voting. Under attack here is the city wide multidistrict voting that obtains for all councilmen, as it does for the mayor, in Houston...

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