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HAWKINS v. WALVOORD

No. 08-98-00441-CV.

25 S.W.3d 882 (2000)

Allan HAWKINS, Appellant, v. Al WALVOORD; Allen D. Cummings; Cotton, Bledsoe, Tighe & Dawson, A.P.C.; Michael T. Morgan; Midland County Bar Association; Midland County Bar Plan; Michael C. Tighe; Victor Torres; Carmen Eiker; John J. Rivas; Harper Estes; Jeff Norwood; James Fitz-Gerald; John Hyde; George D. Gilles; Dean Rucker; Vann Culp; Stubbeman, McRae, Sealy, Laughlin & Browder, Inc.; Mark Dettman; Pat Baskin; Willie B. Dubose; J.A. Bobo; Ralph Petty; Lynch, Chappell & Alsup, P.C.; Hinkle, Cox, Eaton, Coffield & Hensley; and Gary Painter, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

August 3, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan Hawkins, Midland, for Appellant.

Randall L. Rouse, Shafer, Davis, Ashley, O'Leary & Stoker, Odessa, George William Shepherd, Cruse Scott Henderson & Allen, Houston, Harris E. Kerr, Kerr & Ward, L.L.P., Midland, Leslie Byron Vance, Office of the Atty. Gen., Austin, John Cornyn, Atty. Gen., Midland, Andrew M. Taylor, Bracewell & Patterson, Austin, Shane Phelps, DeLeon, Boggins & Icenogle, P.C., Austin, Louis V. Carrillo, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Russell W. Malm, Midland County Atty., Midland, for Appellees.

Before Panel No. 1 LARSEN, McCLURE, and CHEW, JJ.

OPINION

SUSAN LARSEN, Justice.

Plaintiff Allan Hawkins, an attorney in Midland, Texas, appeals the trial court's final summary judgment for all defendants. Hawkins' lawsuit stems from his refusal to accept court appointments to represent indigent criminal defendants, or alternatively participate in the Midland County Bar Plan (the Plan) allowing him to opt out of such appointments by paying a yearly fee. We affirm.

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