Louis TERRAZAS, W. E. Tucker, Linda Allison Frederick, Verne D. J. Philips and Ed Emmett, Plaintiffs,
Jesus Rodriguez, et al., R. A. Deison, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Intervenors,
v.
William P. CLEMENTS, Individually and in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Texas; et al., Defendants.
United States District Court, N. D. Texas, Dallas Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
March 24, 1982.
March 24, 1982.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Thomas G. Crouch, Crouch & Jones, Patricia A. Hill, Dallas, Tex., for Senate plaintiffs.
John N. McCamish, Jr., Pat Deely, McCamish, Ingram, Martin & Brown, Inc., San Antonio, Tex., for House plaintiffs.
Randall B. Strong, City Atty., Daniel R. Jackson, Asst. City Atty., Baytown, Tex., for Bayton plaintiffs.
Joaquin G. Avila, Jose Garza, Norma V. Solis, Judith A. Sanders, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, San Antonio, Tex., Albert H. Kauffman, Dallas, Tex., Vilma S. Martinez, Morris J. Baller, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, San Francisco, Cal., for MALDEF intervenors.
J. Richie Field, Crews, Field, Steele & Page, Conroe, Tex., for Montgomery County intervenors.
Richard E. Gray, III, Executive Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Texas, Steve Bickerstaff, C. Robert Heath, Martha E. Smiley, Bickerstaff, Heath & Smiley, Austin, Tex., for defendants Mark White, William P. Clements, William P. Hobby, Bill Clayton, Bob Bullock, Bob Armstrong.
John Harmon, R. James George, Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody, Austin, Tex., for defendant Chester R. Upham.
Bob Slagle, III, Sherman, Tex., for defendant Bob Slagle.
Cullen Smith, Larry O. Brady, Naman, Howell, Smith & Lee, David Guinn, Michael Morrison, Baylor Law School, Waco, Tex., for defendant David Dean.
William French Smith, U. S. Atty. Gen., Paul Hancock, Robert S. Berman, David S. Cunningham, III, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for amicus curiae Department of Justice.
Before RANDALL, Circuit Judge, and SANDERS and BUCHMEYER, District Judges.
United States District Court, N. D. Texas, Dallas Division.
PER CURIAM:
Originally, these cases presented constitutional attacks by the several plaintiffs and intervenors upon parts of the 1981 Legislative Redistricting Board's redistricting plans for the Texas Senate and House of Representatives. The consolidated cases were tried for six days, January 18-23, 1982, before a three-judge court convened pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2284(a). Additional hearings were held on March 1-2, 1982.
On March 5, 1982, this Court...
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