The HEREFORD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
v.
Griffin B. BELL, Attorney General of the United States.
United States District Court, N. D. Texas.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
June 2, 1978.
June 2, 1978.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Richard E. Green, Witherspoon, Aikin & Langley, Hereford, Tex., for Hereford Ind. School Dist.
Gerald W. Jones, Alexander M. Peters, Civ. Rights Div., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for Griffin B. Bell.
Joaquin G. Avila, San Antonio, Tex., for Arturo Gomez et al.
Lev Hunt, Kleberg, Mobley, Lockett & Weil, Corpus Christi, Tex., Robert D. Nogueira, City Atty., City of Beeville, Beeville, Tex., Gerald W. Jones, Carmen L. Jones, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., John L. Hill, Atty. Gen. of Tex., Lonny F. Zwiener, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Tex., Austin, Tex., J. A. Canales, Corpus Christi, Tex., for John W. Galloway et al.
Gerald W. Jones, S. Michael Scadron, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for the U. S. in 77-487.
Joe J. Newman, Houston, Tex., for Bd. of Trustees of Trinity Ind. School Dist. et al.
C. Houston Abel, Asst. U. S. Atty., Tyler, Tex., Gerald W. Jones, Michael H. Corley, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Rights Div., Washington, D. C., for the U. S. in TY-77-81-CA.
Charles H. Clark, Tyler, Tex., for defendants Bd. of Trustees of Hawkins Ind. School Dist. et al. and amicus curiae.
Gerald W. Jones, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Rights Div., Washington, D. C., Hugh P. Shovlin, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., for the U. S. in MO-77-CA-17.
Charles Tighe, Midland, Tex., for Bd. of Trustees of Midland Ind. School Dist. et al.
Gerald W. Jones, David H. Hunter, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., C. Houston Abel, Asst. U. S. Atty., Tyler, Tex., for the U. S. in TY-77-137-CA.
John R. Brumbelow, Tyler, Tex., for Bd. of Trustees of Chapel Hill Ind. School Dist. et al.
William Pannill, Houston, Tex., for Coalition to Preserve Houston et al.
James Ross, Ross, Griggs & Harrison, Houston, Tex., for Interim Bd. of Trustees, etc., et al.
Gerald W. Jones, Paul F. Hancock, Civ. Rights Div., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Anna E. Stool, Asst. U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for the U. S. in H-77-121.
Joseph G. Werner, Dallas, Tex., amicus curiae for all cases (For Texas City Attys. Ass'n).
Tom R. Doyal, Phillip J. Tyler, Austin, Tex., for Texas Ass'n of School Boards.
Before GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge, and WOODWARD and HIGGINBOTHAM, District Judges.
United States District Court, N. D. Texas.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
The decision and opinion of The United States Supreme Court in United States of America v. Commissioners of Sheffield, Alabama, et al.,435 U.S. 110, 98 S.Ct. 965, 55 L.Ed.2d 148 (1978), disposes of the threshold question in these consolidated cases. This court therefore holds that municipalities and school districts in the State of Texas are "political subdivisions" as that term is defined in Section 14...
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