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RODRIGUEZ v. BEXAR COUNTY, TEX.

No. 03-51119.

385 F.3d 853 (2004)

Sergio J. RODRIGUEZ; Jose G. Farias; Doroteo M. Montelongo; Ruben C. Tejada; Mauricio Aragon; George Aguilar; Marcario R. Ramirez; Troy Hitchings; Diane Patterson Lopez; Mark Olivares; Yolanda R. Pacheco; Frank Pacheco; Richard Gipprich; Grace Vasquez; Steve Lopez, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, v. BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS, et al., Defendants, Bexar County, Texas, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 17, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie Stephen Mendelsohn (argued), Les Mendelsohn & Associates, Judith A. Sanders-Castro, Tex. Rural Legal Aid Inc., Kimberly S. Keller, The Keller Group, Jose Garza, Tex. Rural Legal Aid, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

C. Robert Heath (argued), Sydney W. Falk, Jr., Bickerstaff, Heath, Smiley, Pollan, Kever & McDaniel, Austin, TX, for Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee.

Before JONES, DENNIS and PICKERING, Circuit Judges.

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

This case arises out of Bexar County's redistricting of its Justice of the Peace and Constable Precincts following the 2000 national census. The plaintiffs contended that the redistricting plan impermissibly dilutes the votes of Hispanics in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and that it violates Article V, Section 18 of the Texas Constitution. The district court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs on their federal law claim...

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