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HOPWOOD v. STATE OF TEX.

No. 94-50083.

21 F.3d 603 (1994)

Cheryl J. HOPWOOD, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. STATE OF TEXAS, et al., Defendants-Appellees, v. THURGOOD MARSHALL LEGAL SOCIETY and Black Pre-Law Association, Movants-Appellants. Douglas CARVELL, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. STATE OF TEXAS, et al., Defendants-Appellees, v. THURGOOD MARSHALL LEGAL SOCIETY, and Black Pre-Law Association, Movants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 11, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony P. Griffin, Galveston, TX, Alan Jenkins, New York City, Janell M. Byrd, Washington, DC, Norman J. Chachkin, Theodore M. Shaw, Elaine R. Jones, Director-Counsel, New York City, NAACP Legal Defense and Educ. Funds, Inc., David Van Os, Van Os & Owen, Austin, TX, for proposed intervenor.

Terral Ray Smith, Small, Craig & Werkenthin, Austin, TX, Michael E. Rosman, Michael P. McDonald, Vincent A. Mulloy, Center for Individual Rights, Washington, DC, for Carvell, et al. and Hopwood, et al.

Harry M. Reasoner, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, TX, Javier Aguilar, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dan Morales, Atty. Gen, for Texas, Houston, TX, Barry D. Burgdorf, R. Scott Placek, Samuel Issacharoff, Vinson & Elkins, Austin, TX, Betty Owens, Houston, TX, Joseph A. Wallace, Wallace, Harris, Sims and Wheeler, Richmond, VA and Elkins, WV, for State of Tex., et al.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, DAVIS and WIENER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Appellants, Thurgood Marshall Legal Society (TMLS) and Black Pre-Law Association (BPLA) appeal the order of the district court denying their motion to intervene in this action. We affirm.

I.

Since 1983, Texas has implemented an affirmative action policy in its higher education system, a component of which is a race conscious admissions policy for the University of Texas School of Law (Law School). On September 29, 1992, two unsuccessful...

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