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JAMES v. CITY OF SARASOTA, FLA.

No. 79-1031-Civ-T-GC.

611 F.Supp. 25 (1985)

Edward JAMES, William F. Jackson, John H. Rivers, and S.E. Sanders, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF SARASOTA, FLORIDA: Fred E. Soto, Mayor of Sarasota, Florida; Ron Norman, Vice-Mayor; T.J. "Tony" Sarito, Rita Roehr, William McCullough, City Clerk of Sarasota, Florida, their successors and agents, all in their official capacities, Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Florida, Tampa Division.

Supplemental Decision May 24, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Lipman, Robert E. Weisberg, Miami, Fla., Henry G. White, Sarasota, Fla., for plaintiffs.

Robert M. Fournier, Robert Taylor, Sarasota, Fla., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM DECISION

GEORGE C. CARR, District Judge.

Four black residents of Sarasota, Florida, filed this action in 1979 to challenge the method by which Sarasota city commissioners are elected. The plaintiffs contended that the election of five at-large commissioners violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. § 1973 et seq. and the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the United States Constitution.1

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