Florida’s long, twisted legal drama over its congressional districts may finally be reaching its end after a panel of federal judges rejected a push by U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown to throw out the current district boundaries.

Brown, a veteran member of Congress, argued that the current map, which dramatically altered her Jacksonville district, violates federal voting laws because it diluted the voting rights of minorities. But the panel of three judges disagreed sharply and said that Brown and her attorneys had not produced evidence to prove her case.

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