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GOMEZ v. GALLOWAY

Civ. A. No. 76-C-146.

428 F.Supp. 358 (1977)

Arturo GOMEZ, Jr., et al. v. John W. GALLOWAY et al.

United States District Court, S. D. Texas, Corpus Christi Division.

February 3, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joaquin G. Avila, Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund, San Antonio, Tex., for plaintiffs Arturo Gomez, Jr., Ben G. Salazar, Jessy Garza, Ernesto Martinez, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated.

Lev Hunt, Kleberg, Mobley, Lockett & Weil, Corpus Christi, Tex., for defendants John W. Galloway, individually and in his official capacity as Mayor of the City of Beeville, Bee County, Texas, Joe E. Moron, individually and in his official capacity as Mayor Pro Tem of the City of Beeville, Bee County, Texas, Jimmy Martinez, Ronald G. Hardy and Harold G. Finke, individually and in their official capacities as members of the City Council for the City of Beeville, Bee County, Texas, Tomas P. Saenz, individually and in his official capacity as City Secretary of the City of Beeville, Bee County, Texas, and the City of Beeville, Bee County, Texas.

ORDER

OWEN D. COX, District Judge.

Plaintiffs seek injunctive relief under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1973, et seq., alleging that Defendant City of Beeville is in violation of Section 5's preclearance requirement. They request a three-judge court.

28 U.S.C. § 2284(b)(1) states that upon filing a request for three judges, "the judge to whom the request is presented shall, unless he determines that three...

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