LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMER. CITIZENS v. CLEMENTS

No. 89-1189.

884 F.2d 185 (1989)

LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS, COUNCIL # 4434, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. William P. CLEMENTS, Governor of the State of Texas, et al., Defendants, v. MIDLAND COUNTY, TEXAS, etc., et al., Movants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 8, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark H. Dettman, County Atty., Midland, Tex., for movants-appellants.

Renea Hicks and Javier P. Guajardo, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, Tex., for State defendants.

Rolando L. Rios, San Antonio, Tex., for LULAC, et al.

William L. Garrett, Dallas, Tex., for Watson and Fuller.

Susan Finkelstein, San Antonio, Tex., for Moreno.

Before GARZA, REAVLEY and POLITZ, Circuit Judges.


REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

In this voter rights case Midland County attempts to intervene as a defendant and is here seeking to appeal the district court's order denying its motion to intervene as a matter of right or on a permissive basis. We conclude that intervention was properly denied.

I. Background

The underlying action in which Midland County (Midland) sought to intervene was brought on behalf of certain...

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