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LOPEZ v. MERCED COUNTY, CAL.

No. 1:06-cv-01526 OWW DLB.

473 F.Supp.2d 1072 (2007)

Felix M. LOPEZ, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MERCED COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. California.

January 26, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian J. Sutherland, Pro Hac Vice, Brian J. Sutherland, Attorney at Law, Everett, WA, Joaquin Guadalupe Avila, Law Office of Joaquin G. Avila, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiffs.

Marguerite Mary Leoni, Nielsen, Merksamer, Parrinello, Mueller & Naylor, LLP, Mill Valley, CA, James Nathan Fincher, Thomas E. Ebersole, Berliner Cohen, Terry L. Allen, Allen Polgar Proietti and Fagalde, Merced, CA, Eugene Tanaka, Best Best & Krieger LLP, Walnut Creek, CA, Joseph Wells Ellinwood, Abbott and Kindermann LLP, Sacramento, CA, Mark J. Mulkerin, Stephen A. McEwen, Burke, Wiliams & Sorensen LLP, Irvine, CA, Paul Ryan Minasian, Minasian Spruance Meith Soares and Sexton, Oroville, CA, Craig Merrill Mortensen, Bacigalupi, Neufeld & Rowley, Fresno, CA, Roger K. Masuda, Griffith & Masuda, Turlock, CA, for Defendants.

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW RE: PLAINTIFFS' APPLICATION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

I. INTRODUCTION

This case comes before a three-judge court, under § 5 of the Voting Rights Act ("VRA"). 42 U.S.C. § 1973c ("Section 5"). Plaintiffs challenge numerous annexations, detachments, consolidations and/or formations to cities and special districts in the County of Merced, California, adopted since November 1, 1972. On November...

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