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20aAppendix Dfailed <strong>to</strong> establish a violation of § 2 under <strong>the</strong> <strong>to</strong>tality of<strong>the</strong> circumstances.” Clark v. Calhoun County, Miss., 88F.3d 1393, 1396 (5th Cir.1996.)III. FINDINGS OF FACTA. Expert WitnessesThis case essentially turns on expert opinions,and expert testimony predominated at trial. Plaintiffpresented <strong>the</strong> testimony of Mr. David Ely 2 and Dr. RichardEngstrom. 3 Defendants offered testimony from Dr. John2. Mr. Ely is <strong>the</strong> founder of Compass Demographics, aconsulting and database management firm specializing in projectsinvolving Census and election data. (PL’s Ex. 16.) He has a B.S. inMechanical Engineering and Social Sciences. Mr. Ely has servedas an expert witness in a number of voting rights cases, and since1987 he has regularly acted as a consultant in <strong>the</strong> redistrictingand reapportionment of major cities across <strong>the</strong> country.3. Dr. Engstrom is a Visiting Research Professor of PoliticalScience and Visiting Research Fellow at <strong>the</strong> Center for <strong>the</strong> Studyof Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in <strong>the</strong> Social Sciences at DukeUniversity. (PL’s Ex. 25.) He formerly served as a consultant at<strong>the</strong> Center for Civil Rights at <strong>the</strong> University of North Carolinaand as a Research Professor of Political Science at <strong>the</strong> Universityof New Orleans. He has researched and published extensively onelection systems, and three of his articles were cited with approvalin Thornburg v. Gingles.