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U. S. v. UVALDE CONSOLIDATED IND. SCHOOL DIST.

Civ. A. No. DR-77-CA-20.

461 F.Supp. 117 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. UVALDE CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Cecil Arnim, Jr., President, Billie Bailey, Vice President, Robert L. Jacobs, Secretary, J. A. Laning, Jr., Member, Dean P. Dimmitt, Member, Dan Davis, Member, Tommy Morriss, Member, Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Texas, Del Rio Division.

October 25, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Griffin B. Bell, Atty. Gen., by Drew S. Days, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Jamie C. Boyd, U. S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., Gerald W. Jones and Harvey B. Knudson, Jr., Attys., Civ. Rights Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Grant Cook and Jeffrey A. Davis, Houston, Tex., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JOHN H. WOOD, Jr., District Judge.

On September 19, 1977, the United States of America brought this suit against the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District and the members of its Board of Trustees claiming that "as a result" of the at-large election of Board members in the Uvalde School District, Mexican-American residents have less opportunity than do "White residents" to participate in the electoral process and to...

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