Legal Opinion
Lopez v. City of Houston
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 26, 2010No. 09-20534PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:
Appellants, a group of minority voters residing in Houston, Texas (“the City”) allege constitutional and statutory violations stemming from changes in the way the City calculates its population for purposes of redistricting and adding city council seats. The district court dismissed the case as frivolous. Because we hold that appellants’ claims are not justiciable, we affirm.
FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
As amended in 1979, Article V, § 2 of the City’s charter provides that two additional single-member city council districts are to be created if the council…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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