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DRAUGHN v. BROWN

No. C-1779.

651 S.W.2d 728 (1983)

Honorable Joe L. DRAUGHN and Murry B. Cohen, Relators, v. Hon. J. Curtiss BROWN, Chief Justice et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

March 23, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Berg & Associates, Alice A. Brown, Houston, for relators.

Respondents were not represented by counsel.

PER CURIAM.

This is an original mandamus action in which Joe Draughn and Murry Cohen, newly elected justices of the courts of appeals of the Fourteenth Supreme Judicial District and the First Supreme Judicial District, respectively, seek an order directing the chief justices of the two courts of appeals to refrain from drawing lots to determine the length of the terms of office they will serve. The writ is conditionally granted.

Draughn and Cohen were elected...

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