U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Johnson v. DeSoto County Board
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- Type
- Opinion
- Author
- James Larry Edmondson
- Filed
- March 3, 2000
- Case
- Johnson v. DeSoto County Board
- Case status
- Decided
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PUBLISH IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT U.S. COURT OF APPEALS ELEVENTH CIRCUIT MAR 03 2000 ------------------------------------------- THOMAS K. KAHN No. 98-3714 CLERK -------------------------------------------- D. C. Docket No. 90-00366-CV-FTM-17D BRENDA M. JOHNSON, WILLIAM GUICE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, versus DESOTO COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, R. V. GRIFFIN, in his official capacity as chairperson of the DeSoto County Board of Commissioners, et al., Defendants-Appellees. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida ---------------------------------------------------------------- (March 3, 2000) Before EDMONDSON and BIRCH, Circuit Judges, and OWENS*, Senior District Judge. ____________ * Honorable Wilbur D. Owens, Jr., Senior U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia, sitting by designation., Circuit Judges. 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-minorit…
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