Legal Opinion
Johnson v. DeSoto County Board of Commissioners
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 3, 2000No. 98-3714PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs, black citizens of DeSoto County, brought suit, alleging that the current at-large method of electing the county school board and county commission unlawfully dilutes black-minority voting strength, under section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. After a trial, the district court found that Plaintiffs had failed to prove vote dilution and entered judgment for Defendants. We affirm the judgment.
BACKGROUND
The DeSoto County commission and school board, pursuant to Florida law, 1 are each composed of five members. The…
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