Valladolid v. City Of National City

976 F.2d 1293 David VALLADOLID; Beatrice de La Roza, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF NATIONAL CITY; George M. Waters, National City Mayor; Marion F. Cooper, National City Councilmember; Michael R. Dalla; Jess Van Deventer; Fred Pruitt; Ione Campbell, Defendants-Appellees. No. 91-56059. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 8, 1992. Decided Oct. 7, 1992. Michael J. Aguirre, Aguirre & Meyer, San Diego, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. John E. McDermott, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. Before: FLETCHER, O'SCANNLAIN and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge: 1 A class of Hispanic and black voting-age citizens who reside in the City of National City (the City) appeal the district court's grant of the City's motion for summary judgment. The action challenges the City's system of holding at-large elections for the selection of city council members. We affirm. I. 2 National City is a California general law city located in San Diego County. It…