The following excerpt is from Garza v. County of Los Angeles, 918 F.2d 763 (9th Cir. 1991):
This is a fascinating case. It poses many new questions which required the district court to sail into uncharted waters. For the most part, the district court--and the majority--got it right. But close is not close enough when important constitutional rights are at stake. I would order a limited remand for the district court to apply the teachings of Reynolds v. Sims and its progeny.
1 The relevant findings with regard to the 1959 Redistricting are as follows:
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