Goosby v. Town Bd. of the Town of Hempstead, NY

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• holding that minor differences in socioeconomic characteristics do not significantly impair blacks in the Town of Hempstead from participating in the political process
• finding that Plaintiffs satisfied the first Gingles precondition with a proposed district where African-Americans comprised 52.57 percent of the VAP in the district
• holding proposed district by Dr. Beveridge of VAP of 52.57% black as sufficient to satisfy first precondition
• finding that a district that splits one village and two CDPs is sufficiently compact
• “The significance of the Fisher election is blunted, if not erased, by the special circumstance of incumbency (he had been appointed to the position prior to the 1993 election), as that status has proved to be a guarantee of success in Town Board elections.”

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