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February 27, 1982.
February 27, 1982.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Leighton Cornett, Paris, Tex., for plaintiff.
David R. Richards, Austin, Tex., for Juanita Craft, et al.
Luis M. Segura, Jesse Roy Botello, San Antonio, Tex., for M. Garcia, A. Luna, A. Gonzales, B. Eureste, R. Padilla, R. Palomo, M. Tamez, R. Cristan and H. DeHoyos.
George J. Korbel, Jose Camacho, Austin, Tex., Richard Gonzales, Alpha Hernandez, Rolando Menchaca, Texas Rural Legal Aid, Inc., Del Rio, Tex., Raul Noriega, Texas Rural Legal Aid, Inc., San Antonio, Tex., for B. Gonzales, A. Dolorosa and J. Adame.
Joaquin G. Avila, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, San Antonio, Tex., for A. Garcia and J. Rodriguez.
Rafael Quintanilla, Jr., Austin, Tex., for Democratic Party of Texas.
Mark White, Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for plaintiff.
John M. Harmon & R. James George, Jr., Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody, Austin, Tex., for Eric Clifford and Chester Upham.
Robert C. Slagle, Jr., Sherman, Tex., pro se.
R. C. Slagle, III, Sherman, Tex., for Brady Fisher.
Steve Bickerstaff, Richard E. Gray, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for William Clement, Geo. Strake, State of Texas.
James Allison, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for Roger Peterson and Margaret Coplin.
Before SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judge, JUSTICE, Chief District Judge, and PARKER, District Judge.
United States District Court, E. D. Texas, Paris Division.
OPINION
SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:
Since the Supreme Court's 1962 decision in Baker v. Carr,369 U.S. 186, 82 S.Ct. 691, 7 L.Ed.2d 663 (1962), federal courts have found themselves undesirably in the center of the "political thicket" of congressional and legislative apportionment. This Court finds itself in just such a position.
The first called session of the 67th Legislature of Texas enacted Senate Bill...
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