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TEXAS DEMOCRATIC PARTY v. ABBOTT

No. 20-50407.

961 F.3d 389 (2020)

TEXAS DEMOCRATIC PARTY; Gilberto Hinojosa; Joseph Daniel Cascino; Shanda Marie Sansing; Brenda Li Garcia, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Greg ABBOTT, Governor of the State of Texas; Ruth Hughs, Texas Secretary of State; Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed June 4, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chad Wilson Dunn, Esq. , Brazil & Dunn, Austin, TX, Kembel Scott Brazil , Brazil & Dunn, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Martin Golando , San Antonio, TX, Richard Alan Grigg , Attorney, Dicky Grigg, P.C., Austin, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Kyle Douglas Hawkins , Michael Abrams , Lanora Christine Pettit , Office of the Attorney General, Office of the Solicitor General, Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellants.

Samuel Spital , Leah Camille Aden, Esq. , Sherrilyn Ann Ifill , Janai S. Nelson, Esq. , Deuel Ross , Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Incorporated, New York, NY, Mahogane Denea Reed , NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Incorporated, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Incorporated.

Leslie Wood Dippel , Sherine Elizabeth Thomas , Assistant County Attorney, Cynthia Wilson Veidt , County Attorney's Office for the County of Travis, Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae Dana DeBeauvoir.

Amy Leila Saberian , Michael S. Truesdale, Esq. , Enoch Kever, P.L.L.C., Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae Healthcare Professionals.

Hartson Dustin Fillmore, III , Fillmore Law Firm, L.L.P., Fort Worth, TX, for TARRANT COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY.

Susan Lea Hays, Esq. , Law Office of Susan Hays, P.C., Austin, TX, Scott Allen Lemond, Esq. , General Counsel, Harris County Housing Authority, Houston, TX, for Amicus Curiae Harris County, Texas.

Richard Warren Mithoff, Jr., Esq. , Mithoff Law Firm, Houston, TX, Marianne W. Nitsch , Pieter M. Schenkkan, Esq. , Attorney, Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody, P.C., Austin, TX, for Amici Curiae Admiral Charles S Abbot, William J. Boatman, General Wesley K. Clark, Donald P. Dorsey, Joe R. Reeder.

Elizabeth Baker Murrill, Esq. , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA, for Amici Curiae State of Louisiana, State of Mississippi.

Before SMITH, COSTA, and HO, Circuit Judges.

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