Tony Campos, Cross-Appellants v. City of Baytown, Texas, Cross-Appellees

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

This is a voting rights case. We uphold the district court’s finding, as not clearly erroneous, that the at-large election of City of Baytown council members constitutes a violation of § 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. § 1973 (Supp.1987) (as amended June 29, 1982), because of vote dilution of the politically cohesive combination of Blacks and Mexican-Americans. However, the 5-3-1 plan, proposed by the city and adopted by the district court, has not been precleared. See 42 U.S.C. § 1973c. We, therefore, vacate the district court’s approval of the plan and…