Responses of LULAC State Director John Garcia to Deposition on Written Questions

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June 9, 1989

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Includes Memo from Finkelstein to All Counsel.

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- Political Participation
Topic
- Voting Legislation and Constitutional Amendments
LDF Attorneys
Cooperating Attorneys
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Matter
- LULAC and Houston Lawyers Association v. Attorney General of Texas
Case
- LULAC and Houston Lawyers Association v. Attorney General of Texas
U.S. state
- Texas
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Case Files, LULAC and Houston Lawyers Association v. Attorney General of Texas Hardbacks, Briefs, and Trial Transcript. Responses of LULAC State Director John Garcia to Deposition on Written Questions, 1989. 3b8c269c-1e7c-f011-b4cc-7c1e52467ee8. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/387b8826-b168-45f7-b504-cf05e4c50fdf/responses-of-lulac-state-director-john-garcia-to-deposition-on-written-questions. Accessed November 07, 2025.

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LAW OFFICES OF

TEXAS RURAL LEGAL AID. INC.
201 NORTH ST. MARY'S ST.. SUITE 600

SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS 78205

(512) 222-2478

TO: All counsel of record (certified mail)
FROM: Susan Finkelstein
RE: LULAC et al v Mattox et al

Civil Action No. MO-88-CA-154
DATE: June 15, 1989

MEMORANDUM

I am enclosing a copy of John Garcia's answers to Plaintiffs’ Deposition on Written Questions to LULAC (Statewide).

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

MIDLAND-ODESSA DIVISION

LULAC, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

VS. NO. MO-88-CA-154

MATTOX, et al.,

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Defendants.

RESPONSES OF JOHN GARCIA, STATE DIRECTOR OF
LULAC (STATEWIDE) TO DEPOSITION ON WRITTEN QUESTIONS

QUESTION 1

Are you an officer of LULAC (Statewide)? If so, what office

do you hold?

Yes. I am the State Director of LULAC (Statewide) in Texas.

QUESTION 2

As an officer of LULAC (Statewide) are you familiar with the

organization's membership.in the various counties in Texas? If so,

how have you become familiar with the membership statistics?

As State Director of LULAC, I am familiar with the membership

of the organization in the various counties in Texas. We maintain

membership records, which I have reviewed. Also, I have visited

with members of LULAC in many counties in Texas.

QUESTION 3

Does LULAC (Statewide) have members in Harris County?

Yes.

QUESTION 4

Does LULAC

Yes.

QUESTION 5

Does LULAC

Yes.

QUESTION 6

Does LULAC

Yes.

QUESTION 7

Does LULAC

Yes.

QUESTION 8

Does LULAC

Yes.

QUESTION 9

Does LULAC

Yes.

QUESTION 10

Does LULAC

Yes.

QUESTION 11

Does LULAC

Yes.

QUESTION 12

(Statewide)

have

members

Dallas County?

Tarrant County?

Bexar County?

Travis Sounsy?

Jefferson County?

Lubbock County?

Galveston County?

McLennan County?

Does LULAC (Statewide) have members in Fort Bend County?

Yes.

QUESTION 13

Does LULAC (Statewide) have members in Smith County?

No.

QUESTION 14

Does LULAC (Statewide) have members in Ector County?

Yes.

QUESTION 15

Does LULAC (Statewide) have members in Midland County?

Yes.

QUESTION 16

Does LULAC (Statewide) have members in El Paso, Culberson

and/or Hudspeth Counties?

Yes.

QUESTION 17

Does LULAC (Statewide) have members who are Hispanic?

Yes. Although our membership records do not identify the race

or ethnicity of our members, I know from meeting with our members

that most of them are Hispanic.

QUESTION 18

Does LULAC (Statewide) have members who are Black?

Yes. Although our membership records do not identify the race

or ethnicity of our members, I know from meeting with our members

that some of them are Black.

QUESTION 19

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As an officer of LULAC (Statewide) are you familiar with the

concerns of your members? If so, how have you become familiar with

their concerns?

I have become familiar with the concerns of our members by

meeting with them and by the various positions that our

organization has taken over the years.

QUESTION 20

Are you familiar with this lawsuit?

Yes.

QUESTION 21

What is the interest of your members in this lawsuit?

LULAC and its local councils have been involved in voting

rights lawsuits for several years. Our members do not wish to have

their votes diluted. They seek an election system that does not

disfavor them because of their race or ethni

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oh omict iene. Director
LULAC wide),
2226 Montana Avenue
El Paso, Texas 79903

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Subscribed and sworn before me, the undersigned authority, by John T. Garcia, on the AYN day of June, 1989. *

Notary Public for the/State ALICE VA
Notary Public, ASQuee Texas

Commission Expires Apr. 13, 1992

My commission expires:

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Responses of LULAC State Director John Garcia to Deposition on Written Questions

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