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BENAVIDEZ v. CITY OF IRVING, TEX.

No. 3:07-CV-01850-P.

638 F.Supp.2d 709 (2009)

Manuel A. BENAVIDEZ, Plaintiff, v. The CITY OF IRVING, TEXAS and Herbert A. Gears, Thomas D. Spink, Elizabeth (Beth) Van Duyne, Allan E. Meagher, Lewis Patrick, Rose Cannady, Rick Stopper, Sam Smith, and Joe Phillip, in their official capacities, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Texas, Dallas Division.

July 15, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Smith, Michael C. Veeser, William A. Brewer, III, Bickel & Brewer, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff.

C. Robert Heath, Bickerstaff Heath Smiley Pollan Kever & McDaniel, Austin, TX, Charles R. Anderson, Irving City Attorney's Office, Irving, TX, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JORGE A. SOLIS, District Judge.

On November 6, 2007, Manuel A. Benavidez ("Plaintiff") brought this suit against the City of Irving ("City" or "Irving"), its mayor, and its city council members (collectively, "Defendants"), challenging the

[638 F.Supp.2d 711]
legality of Irving's at-large electoral system under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973. Plaintiff maintains that...

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