James Rodriguez v. Harris County, Texas, et
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM: *
Regarding their proposed Latino-opportunity voting district, Latino citizens of Harris County, Texas, claim the county violated § 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 52 U.S.C. § 10301 (previously codified at 42 U.S.C. § 1973). Primarily at issue is whether the district court erred in concluding plaintiffs failed to propose a hypothetical district in which the Latino voting-age population was sufficiently compact, a precondition to their § 2 claim, based on the proposed district’s not sufficiently comporting with traditional district-ing principles. Rodriguez v. Harris Cnty.,…
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