CASAREZ v. VAL VERDE COUNTY

No. CIV.A.DR-96-CA-108-FB.

27 F.Supp.2d 749 (1998)

Jovita CASAREZ, Plaintiff, v. VAL VERDE COUNTY, A Political Subdivision of the State of Texas, and Maria Elena Cardenas, County Clerk of Val Verde County, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Texas, Del Rio Division.

November 4, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alpha Hernandez, Del Rio, TX, David R. Richards, Attorney at Law, Santa Fe, NM, for Jovita Casarez.

Ana M. Markowski, County Attorney's Office, Del Rio, TX, for Val Verde County, Maria Elena Cardenas.

Richard F. Gutierrez, Del Rio, TX, Jonathan D. Pauerstein, Arter & Hadden, San Antonio, TX, Ralph A. Lopez, Law Offices of Fidel Rodriguez, Jr., San Antonio, TX, for D'Wayne Jernigan.

Thomas Edward Quirk, Quirk & Mansell, P.C., San Antonio, TX, for Murry M. Kachel.

Murry M. Kachel, Del Rio, TX, pro se.

Leslie Stephen Mendelsohn, Mendelsohn & Jackson, P.C., San Antonio, TX, Judith A. Sanders-Castro, Mendelsohn & Jackson, P.C., San Antonio, TX, Robert Garza, Del Rio, TX, for Oscar Gonzalez, Jr.

Judith A. Sanders-Castro, Mendelsohn & Jackson, P.C., San Antonio, TX, Robert Garza, Del Rio, TX, for Frank Coronado.

Javier Aguilar, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, TX, for State of Texas.


ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER REGARDING COSTS, DAMAGES AND ATTORNEYS' FEES

BIERY, District Judge.

During what should have been the peaceful December holidays of 1996, citizens of Val Verde County, Texas, became embroiled in this voting rights case and related state election contest litigation concerning the election of sheriff and county commissioner. See Casarez I, Casarez v. Val Verde County, 957 F.Supp. 847 (W.D.Tex...

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