Warren v. City of Tampa

ORDER APPROVING SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND CERTIFYING CLASS ACTION

KOVACHEVICH, District Judge.

This cause is before the Court on the parties’ joint motion for class certification and approval of settlement agreement. The Court conducted a fairness hearing on March 28, 1988. Thereafter, the parties submitted demographic data, and affidavits from their respective expert witnesses, supporting their contention that the 4 single-member district — 3 members at-large system of voting now utilized in the City of Tampa is a fair and reasonable system. Plaintiffs filed the depositions of Mr. A1 Davis and…