LEAGUE UNITED LATIN AMER. CITI. v. EDWARDS AQUIFER

No. 18-50655.

937 F.3d 457 (2019)

LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS, (LULAC); Maria Martinez; Jesse Alaniz, Jr.; Ramiro Nava, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. EDWARDS AQUIFER AUTHORITY, Defendant-Appellee, City of San Marcos; City of Uvalde; Uvalde County; New Braunfels Utilities, also known as NBU; Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority, Intervenor Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed August 28, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chad Wilson Dunn, Esq. , Brazil & Dunn, Austin, TX, Jaclyn Maffetore , Allison Jean Riggs , Senior Attorney, Southern Coalition for Social Justice, Durham, NC, Luis Roberto Vera, Jr., Esq. , Law Offices of Luis Roberto Vera, Jr. & Associates, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Deborah Clarke Trejo , Assistant General Counsel, Kemp Smith, L.L.P., Austin, TX, Mark Norman Osborn, Esq. , Ken Kelly Slavin , Kemp Smith, L.L.P., El Paso, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.

Michael John Cosentino , City of San Marcos, San Marcos, TX, for Intervenor Defendant-Appellee City of San Marcos.

William Michael McKamie, Esq. , Taylor Olson Adkins Sralla & Elam, L.L.P., San Antonio, TX, for Intervenor Defendants-Appellees City of Uvalde, Uvalde County.

Mark J. Cannan, Esq. , Clemens & Spencer, San Antonio, TX, Intervenor Defendant-Appellee New Braunfels Utilities, also known as NBU.

Aaron Michael Streett , Alexander Ross Hernandez , Baker Botts, L.L.P., Litigation, Houston, TX, Molly Jan Cagle, Esq. , Baker Botts, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Intervenor Defendant-Appellee Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority.

Joshua Daniel Katz , Claude Robert Heath , Bickerstaff, Heath, Delgado & Acosta, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.


The Edwards Aquifer Authority ("EAA") is a conservation and reclamation district established to regulate the groundwater of the Edwards Aquifer for the benefit of dependent users and species. The League of United Latin American Citizens and its Bexar County members Maria Martinez, Jesse Alaniz, Jr., and Ramiro Nava...

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