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RICHARDS v. QUIROZ

No. 13-92-384-CV.

848 S.W.2d 819 (1993)

Ann RICHARDS, as the Governor of Texas, and Robert I. Kelly and Debbie Irvine of the Texas Legislative Council, Appellants, v. Pedro QUIROZ, Eva Tobias, and Carmen Reyes, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

February 11, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Renea Hicks, Javier Guajardo, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gens., Will Pryor, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Mary F. Keller, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen, Austin, for appellants.

Travis Hiester, Atlas & Hall, McAllen, James C. Harrington, Texas Civil Rights Project, Austin, Jose Garza, San Antonio, Judith Sanders-Castro, Mex-American Legal Defense and Education Fund, San Antonio, for appellees.

Before DORSEY, SEERDEN and FEDERICO G. HINOJOSA, Jr., JJ.

OPINION

DORSEY, Justice.

This interlocutory appeal arises from a trial court's certification of a class on behalf of all voters in Texas who are of Hispanic origin in a lawsuit related to legislative redistricting. By two points of error, appellants, Ann Richards and employees of the Texas Legislative Council (together referred to hereinafter as "the State"), assert that the trial court erred in certifying the class because the relief sought was moot and...

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