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OCR: Applying the framework estahlished this Court ir Thorn?nirg Gingles, 478 U.S. 30 1986) the district court concluded that the State's plan violates the Section rights of both Hispanics and African- Americans The court found that while the State's plan crea tes three districts i1 which Hispani ics would constitute voting majority and twe districts which African-Americans PinoM constitute voting ma jority, each group sufficiently large and geo- graphically compact C constitute voting majority in one additional district. J.S. App. 40a- -44 n.30 54a-55u. The State's plan fails to create either 0f the additional districts, the court found, instead frag menting the Hispanic and African-American popula- tions Dade County. at 55a- -56a 59a- 60a The court also found that Hispanics and African- Ameri ...