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MEXICAN AM. BAR ASS'N OF TEX. v. STATE OF TEX.

Nos. MO-90-CA-171, A-90-CA-1018.

755 F.Supp. 735 (1990)

MEXICAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS (MABA) (Statewide), et al., Plaintiffs, v. The STATE OF TEXAS, Defendant, and Faith Johnson, et al., Defendants-Intervenors. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. STATE OF TEXAS, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Texas, Midland-Odessa Division.

December 26, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rolando L. Rios, San Antonio, Tex., William L. Garrett, Brenda Hull Thompson, Garrett, Thompson & Chang, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiffs.

Robert H. Mow, Jr., Bobby M. Rubarts, David C. Godbey, Hughes & Luce, Dallas, Tex., for intervenors-plaintiffs.

John R. Dunne, J. Gerald Hebert, Poli A. Marmolejos and Jennifer Cass, for U.S.

Renea Hicks, Javier P. Guajardo, Atty. Gen.'s Office, Austin, Tex., for defendant.

Paul C. Isham, Decker, Jones, McMackin, McClane, Hall & Bates, Ft. Worth, Tex.

Walter H. Mizell, Brown, Maroney, Rose, Barber & Dye, Austin, Tex.

John H. Coates, Brown Maroney & Oaks Hartline, Austin, Tex.

David R. Richards, Austin, Tex.

Before JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge, LUCIUS DESHA BUNTON, III, Chief District Judge, and WALTER S. SMITH, Jr., District Judge.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

In this consolidated case we sit as a special three-judge court pursuant to section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (the "Act"), 42 U.S.C. § 1973c. The private plaintiffs in one action (No. MO-90-CA-171) and the United States in the other (No. A-90-CA-1018) ask us to enjoin the implementation, or continuing implementation, of certain alleged voting changes affecting the selection of state district judges in several designated...

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