TEXAS DEMOCRATIC PARTY v. ABBOTT

No. 20-50407.

978 F.3d 168 (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 October 14, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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

Samuel Spital , Leah Camille Aden, Esq. , Sherrilyn Ann Ifill , Janai S. Nelson, Esq. , Deuel Ross , NAACP 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 Prueger , Michael S. Truesdale, Esq. , Enoch Kever, P.L.L.C., Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae Healthcare Professionals.

Susan Lea Hays, Esq. , Law Office of Susan Hays, P.C., Austin, TX, Scott Allen Lemond, Esq. , General Counsel, Harris County Attorneys Office, 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, and Joe R. Reeder.

Marc Erik Elias , Attorney, Jacki Anderson , Stephanie Command , Elisabeth C. Frost , John Michael Geise , Perkins Coie, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae National Redistricting Foundation.

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 and State of Mississippi.

Kaylan Lytle Phillips , Public Interest Legal Foundation, Indianapolis, IN, for Amici Curiae Public Interest Legal Foundation and Landmark Legal Foundation.

Lia Sifuentes Davis , Disability Rights Texas, Central Texas Regional Office, Austin, TX, for Amici Curiae American Diabetes Association, Disability Rights Advocates, National Disability Rights Network, and Disability Rights Legal Center.

Hartson Dustin Fillmore, III , Charles William Fillmore , Attorney, Fillmore Law Firm, L.L.P., Fort Worth, TX, for Amicus Curiae Tarrant County Republican Party.

Elizabeth Bonnie Wydra , Chief Counsel, Constitutional Accountability Center, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Constitutional Accountability Center.

Rachel F. Homer , Cameron Oatman Kistler , Protect Democracy, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Protect Democracy Project.

Mark P. Gaber , Molly Danahy , Ravi Doshi , Campaign Legal Center, Washington, DC, Luis Roberto Vera, Jr., Esq. , Law Offices of Luis Roberto Vera, Jr. & Associates, San Antonio, TX, for Amici Curiae League of United Latin American Citizens and Texas League of United Latin American Citizens.

Kevin Paul McCary , Attorney, El Paso, Texas County Attorney, El Paso, TX, for Amid Curiae Lisa R. Wise and County of El Paso, Texas.

Susan Lea Hays, Esq. , Law Office of Susan Hays, P.C., Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae Chris Hollins, Harris County Clerk.

Justin Carl Pfeiffer , County Attorney's Office for the County of Fort Bend, Richmond, TX, for Amicus Curiae Fort Bend County.

Sherine Elizabeth Thomas , Assistant County Attorney, County Attorney's Office for the County of Travis, Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae Dana Debeauvoir, Travis County Clerk.

Juan Antonio Gonzalez , Daniel Nemecio Lopez , Cameron County Commissioners Court, Civil Legal Department, Edward A. Sandoval , District Attorney's Office for the County of Cameron, Brownsville, TX, for Amici Curiae Cameron County and Remi Garza, Elections Administrator.

Before King, Stewart, and Southwick, Circuit Judges.


The opinion entered on September 10, 2020 is withdrawn.

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