JONES v. BUSH

No. Civ. A. 300-CV-2543-D

122 F.Supp.2d 713 (2000)

Stephen E. JONES, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Governor George W. BUSH, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Texas, Dallas Division.

December 1, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William K. Berenson, Fort Worth, TX, James A. Jones, Jones & Associates, P.C., Dallas, TX, Sanford V. Levinson, Austin, TX, and Charles W. McGarry, Dallas, TX, for plaintiffs.

Harriet E. Miers, Roger B. Cowie, and Evan E. Fitzmaurice, of Locke Liddell & Sapp, LLP, Dallas, TX, for defendant Governor George W. Bush.

Barry F. McNeil, Robin P. Hartmann, and Stacy L. Brainin of Haynes & Boone, LLP, Dallas, TX, and David Aufhauser, Paul Rauser, and Alex Romain of Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC, for defendant Richard B. Cheney.

John Cornyn, Attorney General of Texas, Andy Taylor, First Assistant Attorney General, and Brent A. Benoit, Special Assistant Attorney General, Austin, TX, for defendants Ernest Angelo, et al.

Lawrence A. Caplan, Boca Raton, FL, for himself and Concerned Citizens for the Upholding of our National Constitution, as amicus curiae in support of plaintiffs.


FITZWATER, District Judge.

This is an action by three Texas registered voters who allege that Richard B. Cheney ("Secretary Cheney"), nominee of the Republican Party for Vice President of the United States, is an "inhabitant" of the state of Texas, and that under the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution, members of the Electoral College from the state of Texas ("Texas Electors") are prohibited from voting for both Governor George W. Bush ("Governor...

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