LA UNION DEL PUEBLO ENTERO v. ABBOTT

No. 24-50783.

119 F.4th 404 (2024)

LA UNION DEL PUEBLO ENTERO; Mexican American Bar Association of Texas; LULAC Texas; Texas Alliance for Retired Americans; Texas AFT; OCA-Greater Houston; League of Women Voters of Texas, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Gregory W. ABBOTT, in his official capacity as Governor of Texas; Warren K. Paxton, in his official capacity as Attorney General of Texas; State of Texas; Jane Nelson, in her official capacity as Texas Secretary of State, Defendants-Appellants, OCA-Greater Houston; League of Women Voters of Texas, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General, Defendant-Appellant, LULAC Texas; Texas Alliance for Retired Americans; Texas AFT, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Ken Paxton, in his official capacity as the Texas Attorney General, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED October 15, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nina Perales, Mexican-American Legal Defense & Educational Fund, San Antonio, TX, Jason Scott Kanterman, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, L.L.P., New York, NY, Elizabeth Ryan, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Leah Tulin, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellees La Union del Pueblo Entero, Mexican American Bar Association of Texas.

Uzoma Nkem Nkwonta, Christopher D. Dodge, Marcos Mocine-McQueen, Elena Alejandra Rodriguez Armenta, Julie Zuckerbrod, Elias Law Group, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellees LULAC Texas, Texas Alliance for Retired Americans, Texas AFT, Voto Latino.

Zachary Dolling, Sarah Xiyi Chen, Texas Civil Rights Project, Austin, TX, Jessica Ring Amunson, Jenner & Block, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Thomas Paul Buser-Clancy, Ashley Alcantara Harris, Savannah Kumar, Adriana Cecilia Pinon, Edgar Saldivar, American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, Houston, TX, Dayton Campbell-Harris, Sophia Lin Lakin, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY, Adriel I. Cepeda Derieux, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Washington, DC, Christopher McGreal, Disability Rights Texas, North Texas Regional Office, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees OCA-Greater Houston, League of Women Voters of Texas.

Nina Perales, Mexican-American Legal Defense & Educational Fund, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, Texas Hispanics Organized for Political Education, JOLT Action, William C. Velasquez Institute, Fiel Houston, Incorporated.

Zachary Tripp, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Aaron J. Curtis, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Friendship-West Baptist Church, Texas Impact, James Lewin.

Lanora Christine Pettit, Aaron Lloyd Nielson, Office of the Texas Attorney General, Office of the Solicitor General, Austin, TX, Kathleen Theresa Hunker, Ryan Glen Kercher, Office of the Attorney General of Texas, Special Litigation Division, Austin, TX, William D. Wassdorf, Office of the Attorney General, General Litigation Division, Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellants Warren K. Paxton, State of Texas, Jane Nelson.

John Matthew Gore, Louis Joseph Capozzi, III, Esq., Jones Day, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellants Harris County Republican Party, Dallas County Republican Party, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee.

John Matthew Gore, Louis Joseph Capozzi, III, Esq., Jones Day, Washington, DC, for Movant-Appellant Republican National Committee.

Justin Carl Pfeiffer, Law Office of Justin Pfeiffer, P.L.L.C., Houston, TX, for Brian M. Middleton, Joe D. Gonzales.

Before Ho, Wilson, and Ramirez, Circuit Judges.


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