Motion for Leave to File Brief Amici Curiae; Motion for Leave to File Amici Brief of Clark Plaintiffs

    LAWYERS’ COMMITTEE 
FOR CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW 

SUITE 400 ® 1400 EYE STREET, NORTHWEST e WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005 ® PHONE (202) 371-1212 

CABLE ADDRESS: LAWCIV, WASHINGTON, D.C. 
TELEX: 205662 SAP UR 
FACSIMILE: (202) 842-3211 

June 5, 1990 

Hon. Gilbert F. Ganucheau 
Clerk, United States Court of Appeals 

for the Fifth Circuit 
600 Camp Street 
New Orleans, LA 70130 

Re: League of United Latin American Citizens 
Vv. Clements, No. 90-8014 (en banc) 
  

Dear Mr. Ganucheau: 

Enclosed please find for filing the original and 20 copies 
of (1) the Motion for Leave to File Brief Amici Curiae on Behalf 
of Janice Clark, et al., Plaintiffs in Clark v. Roemer, No. 86- 
435-A (M.D. ILA.), In Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees; and (2) 
Brief Amici Curiae on Behalf of Janice Clark, et al. 

  

  

  

Respectfully, 

Rondon bf 
Brenda Wright 

  

cc: All Counsel 

 



IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT 

  

  

NO. 90-8014 

  

LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN 
CITIZENS COUNCIL NO. 4434, 

Plaintiffs-Appellees, 

and 

JESSE OLIVER, et al., 
Intervening 
Plaintiffs-Appellees, 

versus 

WILLIAM P. CLEMENTS, ETC., et al., 

Defendants, 

JIM MATTOX, ET AL., 
Defendants-Appellees, 
Appellants 

versus 

JUDGE F. HAROLD ENTZ, ETC., 
JUDGE SHAROLYN WOOD, ETC., 
and GEORGE S. BAYOUD, JR., ETC., 

Defendants-Appellants, 

and 

TOM RICKHOFF, SUSAN D. REED, JOHN 
J. SPECIA, JR., SID L. HARLE, SHARON 
MACRAE and MICHAEL P. PEDAN, Bexar 
County, Texas State District Judges, 

Appellants. 

MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE 
BRIEF AMICI CURIAE 
  

  

The State of Alabama; Don Siegelman, Attorney General for 

the State of Alabama; Sonny Hornsby, Chief Justice of the 

Alabama Supreme Court; and Perry Hand, Secretary of State for 

 



  

the State of Alabama, respectfully seek leave of this Court to 

file the attached brief, which is filed conditionally pursuant 

to Fed. R. Civ. P. 29, to assist the Court in resolving the 

question of whether the vote dilution theory of Section 2(b) of 

the Voting Rights Act applies to judicial elections. 

The movants have been parties since 1988 in voting rights 

litigation involving substantially the same issues presently 

before this Court. See Southern Christian Leadership 
  

Conference v. Siegelman, 714 F.Supp. 511 (M.D. Ala. 1989). The 
  

resolution of the Siegelman case will be directly affected by 
  

the decision reached in the instant case by the Fifth Circuit 

Court sitting en banc. 

Movants respectfully request that the attached 

conditionally filed brief amici curiae be filed in this case. 

Alternatively, Alabama files the accompanying brief without 

leave or consent pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 29. 

Respectfully submitted, 

SS 5 Pro 
SUSAN E. RUSS 
Special Assistant Lattoraes General 

  

MILLER, HAMILTON, SNIDER & ODOM 
One Commerce Street 

Suite 802 
Montgomery, Alabama 36104 
(205) 834-5550 

 



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DAVID R. BOYD 
Special Assistant Attorney General 

  

BALCH & BINGHAM 

Post Office Box 78 
Montgomery, Alabama 36101 
(205) 834-6500 

Faunmior J. Gale LIC [3c 
FOURNIER J. GALE, III 
Special Assistant Attorney 
General 

  

MAYNARD, COOPER, FRIERSON & GALE 
2400 AmSouth Tower - Harbert Plaza 
1901 6th Avenue, North 
Birmingham, Alabama 36101 
(205) 252-2889 

CERTIFICATE 
  

I HEREBY CERTIFY that a copy of the foregoing Motion for 
Leave to File Brief Amici Curiae and Conditionally Filed Brief 
Amici Curiae, with this certificate of service appended thereto, 
has been served upon the following: Jim Mattox, Attorney General 
of Texas, Mary F. Keller, First Assistant Attorney General, 

Renea Hicks, Special Assistant Attorney General, and Javier 
Juajardo, Assistant Attorney General, P.O. Box 12548, Capitol 
Station, Austin, Texas 78711-2548; William L. Garrett, Garrett, 
Thompson & Chang, 8300 Douglas, Suite 800, Dallas, Texas 75225; 
Rolando Rios, Southwest Voter Registration & Education Project, 
201 N. St. Mary's, Suite 521, San Antonio, Texas 78205; 

Sherrilyn A. Ifill, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, 

Inc., 99 Hudson Street, 16th Floor, New York, New York 10013; 
Gabrielle K. McDonald, 301 Congress Avenue, Suite 2050, Austin, 
Texas 78701; Edward B. Cloutmann, III, Mullinax, Wells, Baab & 

Cloutman, P.C., 3301 Elm Street, Dallas, Texas 75226-1637; J. 

Eugene Clements, Porter & Clements, 700 Louisiana, Suite 3500, 

Houston, Texas 77002-2730; Robert H. Mow, Jr., Hughes & Luce, 

2800 Momentum Place, 1717 Main Street, Dallas, Texas 75201; John  



  

L. Hill, Jr., Liddell, Sapp, Zivley, Hill & LaBoon, 3300 Texas 

Commerce Tower, Houston, Texas 77002; Walter L. Irvin, 5787 

South Hampton Road, Suite 210, Lock Box 122, Dallas, Texas 

75232-2255; R. James George, Jr., Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & 

Moody, P.O. Box 98, Austin, Texas 78767; Seagal V. Wheatley, 

Oppenheimer, Rosenberg, Kelleher & Whatley, Inc., 711 Navarro, 

Sixth Floor, San Antonio, Texas 78205; and John R. Dunne, 

Assistant Attorney General, Jessica Dunsay Silver, Mark L. Gross 
and Susan D. Carle, Attorneys, Department of Justice, P.O. Box 

66078, Washington, D.C. 20035-6078, by depositing the same in 
the United States Mail, postage prepaid, properly addressed. 

All parties required to be served have been served. 
Montgomery County, Alabama, this the Sta day of 

June , 1990. 

Sf fe 
Susan E. Russ 

of ound 

  

  

R4903.D06/SERFIRM 

 



  

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT 

No. 90-8014 

LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN 
CITIZENS COUNCIL NO. 4434, 

Plaintiffs-Appellees, 

VS. 

WILLIAM P. CLEMENTS, E L., 

Defendants-=Appellants. 

On Appeal From the United States District Court 
for the Western District of Texas 

MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE BRIEF AMICI 
CURIAE ON BEHALF OF JANICE CLARK, ET AL., 
PLAINTIFFS IN CLARK v. ROEMER, NO. 86-435-A, 
(M.D. TA.), IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS-APPELLEES 
  

  

Janice Clark, et al., as plaintiffs and on behalf of the 

plaintiff class in Clark Vv. Roemer, No. 86-435-A (M.D. La.), 
  

move for leave to file the attached brief amici curiae in the 

present case. This Court is rehearing the present case en banc, 

and one of the issues before the Court is whether Section 2 of 

the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 1973, permits challenges 

to at-large elections for state court trial judges. Clark raises 
  

the same issue with respect to state court trial judges in 

Louisiana, and this Court’s disposition will affect the 

litigation in Clark. For that reason, the plaintiffs in Clark 

 



  

have a direct interest in the present case. 

In Clark, the United States District Court for the Middle 

District of Louisiana found violations of Section 2 with respect 

to several trial and appellate court multimember election 

districts in Louisiana. Clark v. Edwards, 725 F.Supp. 285 (M.D. 

La. 1988). (The case originally was denominated Clark v. 
  

Edwards, but the current Governor since has been substituted as a 

defendant, and it is now called Clark v. Roemer). The question 
  

of remedy is now pending before the district court. 

The plaintiffs in Clark have spent a great deal of time 

studying the issues before the Court in the present case. In 

addition, they are able to inform this Court about developments 

in the Clark litigation that could help illustrate the impact of 
  

the various potential rulings this Court may be considering in 

the present case. For these reasons, the (Clark plaintiffs 

believe their brief will be of benefit to the Court, and 

respectfully request leave to file the brief. 

Respectfully submitted, 
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BARBARA R. ARNWINE 

FRANK R. PARKER 

ROBERT B. MCDUFF 

Lawyers’ Committee for 
Civil Rights Under Law 
1400 Eye Street, N.W., #400 
Washington, D.C. 20005 
(202) 371-1212 

 



  

ERNEST L. JOHNSON 

T. RICHARDSON BOBB 
Johnson, Taylor & Thomas 
5700 Florida Boulevard, Suite 209 
Baton Rouge, LA 70806 
(504) 929-7676 

ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX 

1925 Enterprise Boulevard 
Lake Charles, ILA 70601 

(318) 439-1060 

Counsel for Amici Curiae 
  

 



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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that one copy of the foregoing Motion for 

Leave to File Brief for Janice Clark et al., plaintiffs in Clark 

v. Roemer, No. 86-435-A (M.D. Ala.) as Amici Curiae was mailed by 
  

  

first-class mail, postage prepaid, to each of the following 

addresses: 

Rolando L. Rios, Esq. 
201 N. St. Mary’s Street, #521 
San Antonio, TX 78205 

William L. Garrett, Esq. 
Brenda Hull Thompson 
Garrett, Thompson & Chang 
8300 Douglas, #800 
Dallas, TX 75225 

Gabrielle K. McDonald, Esq. 
Matthews & Branscomb 
301 Congress Avenue, #2050 
Austin, TX 78701 

John L. Hill, Jr., Esq. 
Liddell, Sapp, Zivley, Hill & LaBoon 
3300 Texas Commerce Tower 

Houston, TX 77002 

Seagal V. Wheatley, Esq. 
Donald R. Philbin, Jr., Esq. 
Oppenheimer, Rosenberg Et Al. 

711 Navarro, #600 
San Antonion, TX 78205 

Jim Mattox, Esq. 
Renea Hicks 
7th Floor, Supreme Court Building 
14th & Colorado 
Austin, TX 78701 

Sherrilyn Ifill, Esq. 
NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund 
99 Hudson Street, 16th Floor 

New York, NY 10013 

David R. Richards, Esq. 
600 West 7th Street 
Austin, TX 78701 

 



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Ken Oden, Esq. 
Travis County Attorney’s Office 
Stokes Building, 3rd Floor 
314 West 11th Street 
Austin, TX 78707 

  

James Greenleaf Boyle, Esq. 
801 Congress, Suite #250 
Austin, TX 07870 

Edward B. Cloutman, III, Esq. 
Mullinax, Wells, Baab & Cloutman 
3301 Elm Street 
Dallas, TX 75226-1637 

E. Brice Cunningham, Esq. 
777 S. R.L. Thornton Freeway, Suite 121 
Dallas, TX 75203 

Joseph E. Clements, Esq. 
Porter & Clements 
700 Louisiana Street 
3500 RepublicBank Center 
Houston, TX 77002 

Darrell Frank Smith, Esq. 
10999 Interstate 10, #905 
San Antonio, TX 78230 

Robert H. Mow, Jr., Esq. 
Hughes & Luce 
1717 Main Street, Suite 2800 
Dallas, TX 75201 

Bobby M. Rubarts, Esq. 
David C. Godbey, Esq. 
Esther R. Rosenblum, Esq. 
Hughes & Luce 
2800 Momentum Place 
1717 Main Street 
Dallas, TX 75201 

R. James George, Jr. 

Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody 
2300 NCNB Tower 

515 Congress Avenue 

Austin, TX 78767 

This 5th day of June, 1990. 

2d Yi 
  

BRENDA WRIGHT 
Attorney