Brewer v. Ham

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge.

Cloerine Brewer, Tae Chin Gilmore and Humberto Flores appeal the district court’s denial of their application for a declaratory judgment and injunction against the Kil-leen Independent School District’s (KISD) continued use of an at-large election system for choosing school board members. The appellants claim that the current election system violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1973 (1982). Applying the analysis set forth by the Supreme Court in Thornburg v. Gingles, 478 U.S. 30, 106 S.Ct. 2752, 92 L.Ed.2d 25 (1986), the…