NORTHWEST AUSTIN MUN. UTILITY DIST. v. HOLDER

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory S. Coleman , for appellant.

Neal K. Katyal , for appellee Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General.

Debo P. Adegbile , for intervenor-appellees.

Gregory S. Coleman , Counsel of Record, Christian J. Ward , Ryan P. Bates , James E. Zucker , Project on Fair Representation, Yetter, Warden & Coleman, L.L.P., Austin, Texas, for Appellant.

Jon M. Greenbaum , Robert A. Kengle , Marcia Johnson-Blanco , Mark A. Posner , Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, D.C., Counsel for Intervenor-Appellees Texas State Conference of NAACP Branches and Austin Branch of the NAACP, Laughlin McDonald , American Civil Liberties Union, Atlanta, GA, for Intervenor-Appellee Nathaniel Lesane, Seth P. Waxman , Paul R.Q. Wolfson , Counsel of Record, Jonathan E. Nuechterlein , Ariel B. Waldman , Rebecca G. Deutsch , Micah S. Myers , Joshua M. Salzman , Nathan A. Bruggeman , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, D.C., for Intervenor-Appellees Texas State Conference of NAACP Branches and Austin Branch of the NAACP, Steven R. Shapiro , American Civil Liberties Union, New York, NY, Michael Kator , Kator, Parks & Weiser, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C., Jeremy Wright , Kator, Parks & Weiser, P.L.L.C., Austin, TX, Lisa Graybill , Legal Director, ACLU Foundation of Texas, Austin, TX, Arthur B. Spitzer , ACLU of the National Capital Area, Washington, D.C., for Intervenor-Appellee Nathaniel Lesane, Angela Ciccolo , Anson Asaka , National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Inc., NAACP National Office, Baltimore, MD, for Intervenor-Appellees Texas State Conference of NAACP Branches and Austin Branch of the NAACP.

Renea Hicks , Law Office of Max Renea Hicks, Austin, Texas, for Appellee Travis County.

John Payton , Director-Counsel, Jacqueline A. Berrien , Counsel of Record, Debo P. Adegbile , Ryan P. Haygood , Jenigh J. Garrett , Danielle Y. Conley , NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., New York, NY, Kristen M. Clarke , Joshua Civin , NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., Washington, D.C., Samuel Spital , Holland & Knight, New York, NY, for Intervenors-Appellees Rodney and Nicole Louis; Winthrop and Yvonne Graham; and Wendy, Jamal and Marisa Richardson.

Kathryn Kolbert , People for the American Way Foundation, Washington, D.C., for Intervenor-Appellee People for the American Way.

Nina Perales , Iván Espinoza-Madrigal , Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., San Antonio, TX, for Intervenors-Appellees Lisa and David Diaz and Gabriel Diaz.

Jose Garza , George Korbel , Judith A. Sanders-Castro , Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid, Inc., San Antonio, TX, for Intervenors-Appellees Angle Garcia, Jovita Casares and Ofelia Zapata.

Edwin S. Kneedler , Acting Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Loretta King , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Neal Kumar Katyal , Deputy Solicitor General, Douglas Hallward-Driemeier , Assistant to the Solicitor General, Steven H. Rosenbaum , Diana K. Flynn , Sarah E. Harrington , T. Christian Herren, Jr. , Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Federal Appellee.

Gregory G. Garre , Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Grace Chung Becker , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Daryl Joseffer , Deputy Solicitor General, Eric D. Miller , Assistant to the Solicitor General, Diana K. Flynn , Sarah E. Harrington , T. Christian Herren, Jr. , Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for appellants.