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TEXAS v. U.S.

Civil Action No. 11-1303 (RMC).

247 F.Supp.3d 44 (2017)

State of TEXAS, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, and Jefferson Sessions, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the United States, Defendants, and Wendy Davis, et al., Defendant-Intervenors.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

Signed March 30, 2017.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 42 U.S.C. § 1983
Cause: 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Civil Rights Act
Nature of Suit: 441 Voting
Source: PACER

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Angela Veronica Colmenero , David John Schenck , Matthew Hamilton Frederick , Scott A. Keller , Office of the Texas Attorney General, Austin, TX, Adam K. Mortara , Ashley C. Keller , Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP, Chicago, IL, John M Hughes , Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP, Denver, CO, for Plaintiff.

Bryan L. Sells , Daniel J. Freeman , Janie Allison Sitton , Michelle Andrea McLeod , Olimpia E. Michel , Thornton Russell Nobile , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendants.

John M. Devaney , Perkins Coie LLP, Mark A. Posner , Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, Jessica Ring Amunson , Mark P. Gaber , Paul March Smith , Jenner & Block LLP, Marc Erik Elias , Perkins Coie, LLP, Karen M. Soares , Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, Washington, DC, Joseph Gerald Hebert , Law Offices of Joseph Gerald Hebert, Alexandria, VA, Chad W. Dunn , Brazil & Dunn, Houston, TX, Joaquin Avila , Law Office of Joaquin G. Avila, Kevin J. Hamilton , Perkins Coie, LLP, Seattle, WA, Jose Garza , Law Office of Jose Garza, Nina Perales , Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., San Antonio, TX, Renea Hicks , Law Offices of Max Renea Hicks, Austin, TX, Jorge Martin Castillo , Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Intervenors.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

This motion for appellate attorney's fees comes at the end of long and complex litigation under the Voting Rights Act. As Texas appealed the decision of a three-judge court in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia that

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