LA UNIÓN DEL PUEBLO ENTERO v. ABBOTT

5:21-CV-0844-XR [Consolidated Cases].

705 F.Supp.3d 725 (2023)

LA UNIÓN DEL PUEBLO ENTERO, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Gregory W. ABBOTT, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Texas, San Antonio Division.

Signed November 29, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leah J. Tulin, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, Washington, DC, Nina Perales, Fatima L. Menendez, Julia Renee Longoria, Kenneth Parreno, MALDEF [Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund], San Antonio, TX, Elizabeth Yvonne Ryan, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Dallas, TX, Jason S. Kanterman, Rebecca L. Martin, Kevin Zhen, Michael C. Keats, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver, & Jacobson LLP, New York, NY, Patrick A. Berry, Sean Morales-Doyle, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, New York, NY, for Plaintiff La Union Del Pueblo Entero.

Aaron J. Curtis, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, New York, NY, Sean Morales-Doyle, Andrew B. Garber, Eliza Sweren-Becker, Pro Hac Vice, Jasleen K. Singh, Pro Hac Vice, Patrick A. Berry, Robyn Sanders, Pro Hac Vice, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, New York, NY, Megan Cloud, Elizabeth Yvonne Ryan, Madeleine Hall Carpenter, Matthew Berde, Pro Hac Vice, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Dallas, TX, Julia Renee Longoria, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, San Antonio, TX, Leah J. Tulin, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, Washington, DC, Paul R. Genender, Paul Hastings LLP, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs Friendship-West Baptist Church, Texas Impact, James Lewin.

Nina Perales, Fatima L. Menendez, Julia Renee Longoria, Kenneth Parreno, MALDEF [Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund], San Antonio, TX, Jason S. Kanterman, Rebecca L. Martin, Kevin Zhen, Michael C. Keats, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver, & Jacobson LLP, New York, NY, Patrick A. Berry, Sean Morales-Doyle, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, New York, NY, Leah J. Tulin, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, Mexican American Bar Association of Texas, Texas Hispanics Organized for Political Education, JOLT Action, William C. Velasquez Institute, Fiel Houston, Inc.

Amira Marcella Matter, Pro Hac Vice, Ben Clements, Courtney M. Hostetler, John Bonifaz, Ronald A. Fein, Free Speech for People, Newton, MA, Danielle V. Ahlrich, Reed Smith LLP, Austin, TX, Laura E. Rosenbaum, Stoel Rives LLP, Portland, OR, Victor Genecin, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., New York, NY, Wendy J. Olson, Elijah M. Watkins, Mark L. Bieter, Stoel Rives LP, Boise, ID, Bradley R. Prowant, Stoel Rives LLP, Minneapolis, MN, Jennifer A. Holmes, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., Washington, DC, Sean Michael Lyons, Lyons & Lyons, PC, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiffs Mi Familia Vota, Marlon Lopez, Paul Rutledge.

Amira Marcella Mattar, Pro Hac Vice, Ben Clements, Courtney M. Hostetler, John Bonifaz, Ronald A. Fein, Free Speech for People, Newton, MA, Laura E. Rosenbaum, Stoel Rives LLP, Portland, OR, Victor Genecin, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., New York, NY, Wendy J. Olson, Elijah M. Watkins, Mark L. Bieter, Stoel Rives LLP, Boise, ID, Bradley R. Prowant, Stoel Rives LLP, Minneapolis, MN, Jennifer A. Holmes, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., Washington, DC, Sean Michael Lyons, Lyons & Lyons, PC, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff Marla Lopez.

Christopher D. Hilton, Amy Snow Hilton, J. Aaron Barnes, Patrick K. Sweeten, Ryan G. Kercher, Jameson C. Joyce, Ethan Quinn Szumanski, Monroe David Bryant, Jr., William D. Wassdorf, Office of the Attorney General, General Litigation Division, Austin, TX, Eric A. Hudson, Terrazas, PLLC, Austin, TX, Johnathan Stone, Kathleen Hunker, William Thomas Thompson, Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP, Austin, TX, for Defendants Gregory W. Abbott, Warren K. Paxton.

Eric A. Hudson, Terrazas, PLLC, Austin, TX, Patrick K. Sweeten, Office of the Attorney General of Texas, Austin, TX, for Defendant Jose A. Esparza.

Chad Ennis, Texas Secretary of State, Austin, TX, Robert E. Henneke, Texas Public Policy Foundation, Austin, TX, for Defendant Lupe C. Torres.

Beatriz Mejia, Caroline A. Lebel, Pro Hac Vice, David Louk, Kathleen Hartnett, Kelsey Spector, Sharon Song, Cooley LLP, San Francisco, CA, Christine Sun, States United Democracy Center, San Francisco, CA, Germaine Maria Habell, Cooley LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Jo Anne Anne Bernal, John Edward Untereker, El Paso County Attorney's Office, El Paso, TX, Orion Armon, Cooley LLP, Denver, CO, Ranjana Natarajan, States United Democracy Center, Austin, TX, Marina Eisner, States United Democracy Center, Washington, DC, Robert Cotter, States United Democracy Center, Chicago, IL, for Defendant Lisa Wise.

E. Stewart Crosland, Pro Hac Vice, John M. Gore, Stephen J. Kenny, Pro Hac Vice, Charles E.T. Roberts, Jones Day, Washington, DC, for Defendants Harris County Republican Party, Dallas County Republican Party, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee.

Eric J.R. Nichols, Karson Karl Thompson, Victoria A. Giese, Cory Ren Liu, Butler Snow LLP, Austin, TX, for Defendant Kim Ogg.

Larry L. Roberson, Robert William Piatt, III, Lisa V. Cubriel, Bexar County District Attorney's Office, Civil Division, San Antonio, TX, for Defendant Joe Gonzales.

Anthony J. Nelson, Amy Stoeckl Ybarra, Travis County Attorney's Office, Austin, TX, for Defendants Jose Garza, Dyana Limon-Mercado.

Barbara S. Nicholas, Assistant District Attorney, Dallas, TX, Ben L. Stool, Criminal District Attorney's Office of Dallas County, T, Dallas, TX, for Defendant John Creuzot.

Jacqueline Lysette Villarreal, Michael J. Garza, Hidalgo County District Attorney Office, Civil Litigation, Edinburg, TX, for Defendant Ricardo Rodriguez, Jr.

Ian Russell Kaplan, El Paso County Attorney's Office, El Paso, TX, Rogelio C. Rodriguez, Law Firm, El Paso, TX, for Defendant Yvonne Rosales.

Anthony J. Nelson, Travis County Attorney's Office, Austin, TX, for Defendant Rebecca Guerrero.

Sameer Singh Birring, Tiffany Sue Bingham, Harris County Attorney's Office, Houston, TX, for Defendant Teneshia Hudspeth.

Donna Garcia Davidson, Austin, TX, Chase Martin, Attorney at Law, Naples, FL, Stewart Whitson, Naples, FL, for Amicus Foundation for Government Accountability.

Veronica Smith Moye, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Dallas, TX, for Amicus Young Black Lawyers' Organizing Coalition.

Eric Wang, Pro Hac Vice, The Gober Group, Arlington, VA, for Amicus Lawyers Democracy Fund.


MEMORANDUM OPINION1

On this date, the Court considered the motions for summary judgment as to the Section 101 Materiality Provision claims filed by the United States (ECF No. 609), the OCA Plaintiffs (ECF No. 611), and the Intervenor...

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