Veasey v. Abbott, 14–41127.
| Decision Date | 09 March 2016 |
| Docket Number | No. 14–41127.,14–41127. |
| Citation | 815 F.3d 958 (Mem) |
| Parties | Marc VEASEY; Jane Hamilton; Sergio Deleon; Floyd Carrier; Anna Burns; Michael Montez; Penny Pope; Oscar Ortiz; Koby Ozias; League of United Latin American Citizens; John Mellor–Crummey, Ken Gandy; Gordon Benjamin, Evelyn Brickner, Plaintiffs–Appellees Texas Association of Hispanic County Judges and County Commissioners, Intervenor Plaintiffs–Appellees v. Greg ABBOTT, in his official capacity as Governor of Texas; Carlos Cascos, Texas Secretary of State; State of Texas; Steve McCraw, in his Official Capacity as Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, Defendants–Appellants United States of America, Plaintiff–Appellee Texas League of Young Voters Education Fund; Imani Clark, Intervenor Plaintiffs–Appellees v. State of Texas; Carlos Cascos, Texas Secretary of State; Steve McCraw, in his Official Capacity as Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, Defendants–Appellants Texas State Conference of NAACP Branches; Mexican American Legislative Caucus, Texas House of Representatives, Plaintiffs–Appellees v. Carlos Cascos, Texas Secretary of State; Steve McCraw, in his Official Capacity as Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, Defendants–Appellants Lenard Taylor ; Eulalio Mendez, Jr.; Lionel Estrada; Estela Garcia Espinosa; Margarito Martinez Lara; Maximina Martinez Lara; La Union Del Pueblo Entero, Incorporated, Plaintiffs–Appellees v. State of Texas; Carlos Cascos, Texas Secretary of State; Steve McCraw, in his Official Capacity as Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, Defendants–Appellants. |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit |
Chad Wilson Dunn, Esq. (argued), Brazil & Dunn, Houston, TX, Neil G. Baron, Dickinson, TX, Erin Helene Flynn, Esq. (argued), Diana Katherine Flynn, Robert Acheson Koch, Christine Anne Monta, U.S. Department of Justice, Joshua James Bone, J. Gerald Hebert, Esq., Anna Marks Baldwin, Washington, DC, Armand G. Derfner, Esq., Derfner & Altman, L.L.C., Charleston, SC, John Albert Smith, III, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Corpus Christi, TX, Vishal Agraharkar, Jennifer Clark, NYU School of Law, New York, NY, Robert Wayne Doggett, Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Incorporated, Austin, TX, Jose Garza, San Antonio, TX, Marinda Van Dalen, Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Incorporated, Brownsville, TX, for Plaintiffs–Appellees.
Sherrilyn Ann Ifill, Leah Camille Aden, Esq., Natasha M. Korgaonkar, Esq., Janai S. Nelson, Esq., Deuel Ross, Christina A. Swams, Ryan Paul Haygood, Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., New York, NY, Kelly Patrick Dunbar, Sonya Ludmilla Lebsack, WilmerHale, Ezra D. Rosenberg, Esq., Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, DC, Rolando Leo Rios, I, Esq., Law Office of Rolando L. Rios, San Antonio, TX, Amy Lynne Rudd, Senior Litigating Attorney, Lindsey Beth Cohan, Dechert, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Intervenor Plaintiffs–Appellees.
Scott A. Keller, Solicitor (argued), J. Campbell Barker, Matthew Hamilton Frederick, Deputy Solicitor Generals, Office of the Solicitor General for the State of Texas, Austin, TX, for Defendants–Appell...
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