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RODRIGUEZ v. BEAUMONT INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

Nos. 09-13-00434-CV, 09-13-00441-CV.

413 S.W.3d 524 (2013)

Marcelino RODRIGUEZ, Donna Jean Forgas, and Linda Marie Wiltz Gilmore, Appellants, v. BEAUMONT INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Woodrow Reece, Terry D. Williams, Janice Brassard, Gwen Ambres and Zenobia Randall Bush in their Respective Official Capacities as Trustees of Defendant Beaumont Independent School District, Appellees and In re Marcelino Rodriguez, Donna Jean Fargas, and Linda Marie Wiltz Gilmore.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Decided October 17, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Truncale , Orgain Bell & Tucker, LLP, Michael D. Getz , David Vann de Cordova Jr. , Hubert Oxford IV , Benckenstein & Oxford, LLP, Beaumont, for Appellants/Relators.

Melody Chappell , Wells, Peyton, Greenberg & Hunt, LLP, Chad Dunn , K. Scott Brazil , Brazil & Dunn, L.L.P., Houston, for Appellees/Real Parties in Interest.

Before McKEITHEN, C.J., KREGER and HORTON, JJ.

OPINION

HOLLIS HORTON, Justice.

In this accelerated interlocutory appeal, we address how the United States Supreme Court's holding in Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder,1 which declared section four of the Voting Rights Act of 19652 unconstitutional, impacts the Beaumont Independent School District's3 trustee election,...

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