OCA-GREATER HOUSTON v. TEXAS

No. 16-51126.

867 F.3d 604 (2017)

OCA-GREATER HOUSTON; Mallika Das, Plaintiffs-Appellees v. State of TEXAS; Roland B. Pablos, In his official capacity as Texas Secretary of State and Chief Election Officer, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED August 16, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Michael Hoffman , Counsel, Kenneth Wayne Darby, Jr. , David Scott Morris , Fish & Richardson, P.C., Austin, TX, Jerry Vattamala , Director, Asian American Legal Defense & Educational Fund, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Esteban San Miguel Soto, Esq. , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Solicitor General, Matthew Allen Deal , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellants.

Erin Helene Flynn, Esq. , Tovah Calderon, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, GRAVES, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.


This is a challenge to a Texas voting law imposing a restriction on the interpretation assistance that English-limited voters may receive. The greater Houston branch of the Organization for Chinese Americans ("OCA") filed suit seeking a declaration that a certain...

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