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ABBOTT v. ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE AUSTIN

No. 20-0846.

610 S.W.3d 911 (2020)

Greg ABBOTT, in His Official Capacity as Governor of Texas; and Ruth Hughs, in Her Official Capacity as Texas Secretary of State, Petitioners, v. The ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE AUSTIN, SOUTHWEST, AND TEXOMA REGIONS; Common Cause Texas; and Robert Knetsch, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

OPINION DELIVERED: October 27, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lanora Pettit , for Petitioners.

Lindsey Cohan , Austin, Myrna Perez , for Respondents.

Anne L. Morgan , Austin, Jessica Witte , Houston, Collyn A. Peddie , Juan A. Gonzalez , El Paso, for Amicus Curiae Cities, Counties, and Elections Administrators.

Nickolas Spencer , Houston, Robert Notzon , for Amicus Curiae The Texas State Conference of NAACP Branch.

I.

On March 13, 2020, the Governor issued a proclamation under the Texas Disaster Act1 certifying that "COVID-19 poses an imminent threat of disaster."2 This triggered several statutory gubernatorial powers, including the power to...

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