WASHINGTON LEGAL FOUND. v. TEXAS EQUAL ACCESS

No. A-94-CA-081 JN.

86 F.Supp.2d 617 (2000)

WASHINGTON LEGAL FOUNDATION, et al., v. TEXAS EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION, et al.

United States District Court, W.D. Texas, Austin Division.

January 4, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven W. Smith, Law Offices of Steven W. Smith, Austin, TX, Daniel J. Popeo, Richard A. Samp, Washington, DC, for Washington Legal Foundation, William R. Summer, plaintiffs.

Michael J. Mazzone, Dow, Cogburn & Friedman, Houston, TX, for Michael J. Mazzone, plaintiff.

Darrell E. Jordan, Hughes & Luce, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, H. Robert Powell, Hughes & Luce, Austin, TX, Brittan L. Buchanan, Hughes & Luce, L.L.P., Austin, TX, Richard A. Johnston, Hale and Dorr, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Francine Rosenzweig, Hale & Dorr, L.L.P., Boston, MA, Geoffrey S. Stewart, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, DC, for Texas Equal Access to Justice Foundation, defendant.

H. Robert Powell, Brittan L. Buchanan, Richard A. Johnston, David A. Wilson, Hale and Dorr, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Francine Rosenzweig, Geoffrey S. Stewart, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, DC, for W. Frank Newton, Chairman, Texas Equal Access to Justice Foundation, defendant.

Darrell E. Jordan, H. Robert Powell, Harry G. Potter, III, Attorney at Law, Austin, TX, Brittan L. Buchanan, Hale and Dorr, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Nancy A. Trease, Assistant Attorney General, Austin, TX, for Thomas R. Phillips, Chief Justice, Raul Gonzales, Justice, Jack Hightower, Justice, Nathan L. Hecht, Justice, Bob Gammage, Justice, Craig T. Enoch, Justice, John Cornyn, Justice, Rose Spector, Justice, defendants.

Rande K. Herrell, Attorney General's Office, Austin, TX, for Supreme Court DFTS, defendant.

Scott J. Atlas, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, TX, J. David Bickham, Jr., Vinson & Elkins, Austin, TX, Robert A. Long, Jr., Caroline M. Brown, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, Robbi B. Hull, Vinson & Elkins, LLP, Austin, TX, for IOLTA Programs (NAIP), amicus.


ORDER

NOWLIN, District Judge.

Before the Court are: the Justices of the Texas Supreme Court's Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings (Clerk's Doc. No. 78); Plaintiffs' Response to the Supreme Court Justices' Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings (Clerk's Doc. No. 98); and, Reply of the Justices of the Texas Supreme Court to Plaintiffs' Response to Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings (Clerk's Doc. No. 102).

I. Background

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