TEXAS STATE LULAC v. ELFANT

Cause No. 1:21-CV-546-LY.

629 F.Supp.3d 527 (2022)

TEXAS STATE LULAC; Voto Latino, Plaintiffs, v. Bruce ELFANT, in His Official Capacity as the Travis County Tax Assessor-Collector; Jacquelyn Callanen, in Her Official Capacity as the Bexar County Elections Administrator; Isabel Longoria, in Her Official Capacity as the Harris County Elections Administrator; Yvonne Ramon, in Her Official Capacity as the Hidalgo County Elections Administrator; Michael Scarpello, in His Official Capacity as the Dallas County Elections Administrator; Lisa Wise, in Her Official Capacity as the El Paso County Elections Administrator, Defendants, Ken Paxton, in His Official Capacity of Attorney General of Texas; Lupe C. Torres, in Her Official Capacity as Medina County Elections Administrator; and Terrie Pendley, in Her Official Capacity as Real County Tax Assessor-Collector, Intervenor-Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Texas, Austin Division.

Signed September 21, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher Dooley Dodge, Pro Hac Vice, Joseph N. Posimato, Meaghan E. Mixon, Melinda Johnson, Pro Hac Vice, Michael B. Jones, Uzoma N. Nkwonta, Graham White, Elias Law Group LLP, Washington, DC, James A. Rodman, Rodman Law Office, Austin, TX, Jonathan Patrick Hawley, Elias Law Group LLP, Seattle, WA, Kathryn Elizabeth Yukevich, McKool Smith, P.C., Dallas, TX, John Russell Hardin, Perkins Coie, LLP, Dallas, TX, Luis Roberto Vera, Jr., Law Offices of Luis Roberto Vera & Associates, P.C., San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff Texas State LULAC.

Christopher Dooley Dodge, Pro Hac Vice, Joseph N. Posimato, Meaghan E. Mixon, Melinda Johnson, Pro Hac Vice, Michael B. Jones, Uzoma N. Nkwonta, Graham White, Elias Law Group LLP, Washington, DC, James A. Rodman, Rodman Law Office, Austin, TX, Jonathan Patrick Hawley, Elias Law Group LLP, Seattle, WA, Kathryn Elizabeth Yukevich, McKool Smith, P.C., Dallas, TX, John Russell Hardin, Perkins Coie, LLP, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff Voto Latino.

Cynthia W. Veidt, Leslie W. Dippel, Travis County Attorney's Office, Austin, TX, Sherine Elizabeth Thomas, Assistant County Attorney, Austin, TX, for Defendant Bruce Elfant.

Larry L. Roberson, Lisa V. Cubriel, Bexar County District Attorney's Office, CIvil Division San Antonio, TX, Robert D. Green, United States Attorney's Office, Civil Division, San Antonio, TX, for Defendant Jacquelyn Callanen.

Christina Marie Beeler, Texas Civil Rights Project, Houston, TX, Sameer Singh Birring, Tiffany Sue Bingham, Jonathan Gabriel Chaim Fombonne, Harris County Attorney's Office, Houston, TX, for Defendant Isabel Longoria.

Barbara S. Nicholas, Assistant District Attorney, Civil Division, Dallas, TX, Earl S. Nesbitt, Walters Balido & Crain L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Ben L. Stool, Criminal District Attorney's Office of Dallas County, Dallas, TX, for Defendant Michael Scarpello.

Angelica Lien Leo, Cooley LLP, Palo Alto, CA, Beatriz Mejia, Caroline A. Lebel, Pro Hac Vice, David Louk, Pro Hac Vice, Kathleen Hartnett, Kelsey Spector, Sharon Song, Cooley LLP, San Francisco, CA, Christine Sun, States United Democracy Center, San Francisco, CA, Jo Anne Bernal, John Edward Untereker, El Paso County Attorney's Office, El Paso, TX, Marina Eisner, States United Democracy Center, Washington, DC, Neal Stuart Manne, Susman Godfrey L.L.P., Houston, TX, Orion Armon, Cooley LLP, Denver, CO, Robert Cotter, States United Democracy Center, Chicago, IL, Zack Goldberg, States United Democracy Center, Brooklyn, NY, Ranjana Natarajan, States United Democracy Center, Austin, TX, for Defendant Lisa Wise.

Josephine L. Ramirez, Hidalgo County District Attorney's Office, Edinburg, TX, Leigh Ann Tognetti, Hidalgo County Criminal District Attorney, Edinburg, TX, for Defendant Yvonne Ramon.

Chad Ennis, Texas Secretary of State, Austin, TX, Chance D. Weldon, Munera Al-Fuhaid, Robert E. Henneke, Autumn Hamit Patterson, Texas Public Policy Foundation, Austin, TX, Kathleen Hunker, Office of the Texas Attorney General, Austin, TX, for Intervenor-Defendants Lupe C. Torres, Terrie Pendley.

Eric A. Hudson, Terrazas, PLLC, Austin, TX, Kathleen Hunker, Patrick K. Sweeten, Office of the Attorney General of Texas, Austin, TX, for Intervenor-Defendant Ken Paxton.


AMENDED1 ORDER ON CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

In the 87th Regular Session, the Texas Legislature enacted Senate Bill 1111 ("S.B. 1111"), amending certain provisions of the Texas Election Code. 87th Leg...

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