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GONZALEZ v. MONTEREY COUNTY, CAL.

No. C91-20736-WAI.

808 F.Supp. 727 (1992)

Alonzo GONZALEZ, Jacinto Roy Mendoza, Juan Oliverez, Gilberto C. Padilla, Michael P. Romero, Jose Rosillo, Jose Angel Velasquez, and Ana L. Ventura, Plaintiffs, v. MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, Defendant. Jackie CRAGHEAD, Kenneth K. Nishi, City of Seaside, California, and City of Marina, California, Plaintiffs in Intervention, v. MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, Defendant. Donald Dunsford, Charmaine Cruchett, Barbara Nelson [individually and on Behalf of] Monterey County Committee for Fair Representation, Plaintiffs in Intervention.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

December 8, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joanquin G. Avila, Milpitas, CA, Barbara Y. Phillips, San Francisco, CA, for plaintiffs Alonzo Gonzalez, Jacinto Roy Mendoza, Juan Oliverez, Gilberto C. Padilla, Michael P. Romero, Jose Rosillo, Jose Angel Velasquez and Ana L. Ventura.

John E. McDermott, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, Los Angeles, CA, Elaine M. Cass, City Atty., Seaside, CA, for intervenors Jackie Craghead, Kenneth K. Nishi, City of Seaside and City of Marina.

William B. Daniels, Heisler, Stewart and Daniels, Inc., Monterey, CA, for intervenors Donald Dunsford, Charmaine Cruchett and Barbara Nelson [individually and on behalf of] Monterey County Committee for Fair Representation.

Lee L. Blackman, Daniel Grunfeld, McDermott, Will & Emery, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant County of Monterey.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

INGRAM, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, members of defendant Monterey County's Hispanic community, commenced this litigation to challenge the County's apportionment of its supervisorial districts under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1973c (West 1981), and the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, thereby giving the court federal question jurisdiction.

Plaintiffs now move to prevent...

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