Overton v. City of Austin

Full title: VOLMA OVERTON, ET AL., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, ERNESTO CALDERON, ET AL.…

Court: United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Date published: Aug 22, 1986

798 F.2d 150 (5th Cir. 1986)

Opinion

No. 85-1269.

August 22, 1986.

Finkman, Van Os, Waterman, Dean Moore, David Van Os, Austin, Tex., for Overton, et al.

Mexican Amer. Legal Defense Ed. Fund, Jose Garza, Judith A. Sanders-Castro, San Antonio, Tex., Belinda Herrera, Austin, Tex., for Calderon, et al.

Steve Bickerstaff, Ann Clarke Snell, City Atty., Austin, Tex., for Austin, et al.

Terry Davis, Austin, Tex., for Black Citizen's Task Force.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas; James R. Nowlin, District Judge, Presiding.

Before WISDOM, REAVLEY, and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

The judgment of the district court is vacated and the case is remanded to the district court for reconsideration in the light of Thornburg v. Gingles, ___ U.S. ___, 106 S.Ct. 2752, 92 L.Ed.2d 25 (1986).