VERA v. RICHARDS

Civ. A. No. H-94-0277.

861 F.Supp. 1304 (1994)

Al VERA, Bill Calhoun, Edward Chen, Pauline Orcutt, Edward Blum, Kenneth Powers and Barbara L. Thomas, Plaintiffs, v. Ann RICHARDS, Governor, Bob Bullock, Lt. Governor, Dan Morales, Attorney General, Pete Laney, Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, Ronald Kirk, Texas Secretary of State, Defendants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Intervenor, v. Rev. William LAWSON, Zollie Scales, Jr., Rev. Jew Don Boney, Deloyd T. Parker, Dewan Perry, and Rev. Ceasar Clark, Defendants-Intervenors, v. LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS (LULAC) Defendant-Intervenors, v. Robert REYES, Angie Garcia, Robert Anguiano, Dalia Robles, Nicolas Dominguez, Oscar T. Garcia, and Ramiro Gamboa, Defendants-Intervenors.

United States District Court, S.D. of Texas, Houston Division.

Order Issued September 2, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Loy Hurd, Monroe, LA, Ted Hirtz, Houston, TX, for plaintiffs.

Renea Hicks, State Sol., Austin, TX, for defendants Ann Richards, Bob Bullock, Dan Morales, Pete Laney and Ronald Kirk.

Gaye L. Hume, Robert A. Kengle, Steven H. Rosenbaum, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Voting Section, Washington, DC, Nancy Herrera, U.S. Attorney's Office, Houston, TX, for defendant-intervenor, U.S.

Penda D. Hair, Allison M. Zieve, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., Washington, DC, Alice A. Brown, Union Pacific Law Dept., Lawrence Boze, Houston, TX, for defendants-intervenors Rev. William Lawson, Zollie Scales, Jr., Rev. Jew Don Boney, Deloyd T. Parker, Dewan Perry, and Rev. Ceasar Clark.

Judith A. Sanders-Castro, Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund, San Antonio, TX, Frumencio Reyes, Reyes & Reyes-Castillo, P.C., Houston, TX, for defendants-intervenors, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and, Individually, Robert Reyes, Angie Garcia, Robert Anguiano, Dalia Robles, Nicolas Dominguez, Oscar T. Garcia, and Ramiro Gamboa.

Before JONES, Circuit Judge, HITTNER and HARMON, District Judges.



                             TABLE OF CONTENTS
  I. Introduction ........................................................ 1308
 II. Procedural History .................................................. 1310
III. Evidentiary Background .............................................. 1311
     A.  Texas Demography Related to Redistricting ....................... 1311
     B.  Pertinent History Related to Redistricting...

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