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IN RE PERRY

No. 01-0979.

60 S.W.3d 857 (2001)

In re Rick PERRY, in his official capacity as Governor of The State of Texas, and Henry Cuellar, in his official capacity as Secretary of State of The State of Texas, Relators.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided October 22, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andy Taylor, Locke Liddell & Sapp, John Cornyn, Atty. Gen., Julie Caruthers Parsley, Office of Solicitor Gen., Philip A. Lionberger, Lisa Royce Eskow, Office of Atty. Gen., C. Robert Heath, David Mendez, Bickerstaff Heath Smiley Pollan Kever & McDaniel, Jill Warren, Office of Atty. Gen., Jan Soifer, Locke Liddell & Sapp, Austin.

Justice O'NEILL delivered the opinion of the Court.

When the Texas Legislature adjourned without enacting redistricting plans for the Texas Senate and Texas House of Representatives, that responsibility was constitutionally delegated to the Legislative Redistricting Board ("LRB"). Tex. Const. art. III, § 28. The LRB accordingly formulated senate and house redistricting plans, which various parties have challenged in the Travis County district court. This mandamus...

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