CARR v. BRAZORIA COUNTY, TEXAS

Civ. A. No. 71-G-210.

341 F.Supp. 155 (1972)

Lloyd J. CARR, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs, v. BRAZORIA COUNTY, TEXAS, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. Texas, Galveston Division.

February 5, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davis & Kee, Angleton, Tex., Butler, Binion, Rice, Cook & Knapp, and John L. McConn, Jr., Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs.

Ogden Bass, Crim. Dist. Atty., and R. L. McElyea, Asst. Crim. Dist. Atty., Brazoria County, Tex., for defendants.

Crawford C. Martin, Atty. Gen., and W. O. Shultz, II, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for intervenor, The State of Texas.

David C. Bonnen, Angleton, Tex., amicus curiae.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

NOEL, District Judge.

I. Preface

This is a class action brought by several residents of Brazoria County, Texas, against the county, its commissioners court, its four county commissioners, and its county judge. Plaintiffs sue in behalf of the qualified voters of commissioners precincts #2 and #4 of Brazoria County, and complain that defendants' administration of the State's election laws is operating to deny them equal...

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