Plaintiffs' Motion for Extension of Time to File Request for Attorneys' Fees from Travis County Defendant-Intervenors; Order for Extension

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May 15, 1989

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Case Files, LULAC and Houston Lawyers Association v. Attorney General of Texas Hardbacks, Briefs, and Trial Transcript. Plaintiffs' Motion for Extension of Time to File Request for Attorneys' Fees from Travis County Defendant-Intervenors; Order for Extension, 1989. 3fa43390-1f7c-f011-b4cc-6045bdd81421. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/3cae96b6-455d-4a4a-82c6-d35d99379160/plaintiffs-motion-for-extension-of-time-to-file-request-for-attorneys-fees-from-travis-county-defendant-intervenors-order-for-extension. 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

May 15, 1989

John Neil
Deputy United States District Clerk
200 East Wall Street
Midland, Texas 79702

Re: LULAC et al v Mattox et al
Civil Action No. MO-88-CA-154

Dear Mr. Neil:

I am enclosing an original and two copies of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Extension of Time to File Request for Fees from Travis County. District Judges and an accompanying proposed Order. Could you kindly file them at your convenience?

Also, could you please Stamp one of the copies with your filemark and return it to me in the enclosed return envelope?

By copy of this letter, I am serving all counsel of record with a copy of these documents.

In advance, thank you for your help.

Sipcerely yours, _

ori
usan Finkelstein

Staff Attorney

federal express delivery

xc: all counsel of record
(certified mail, return receipt
requested)

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.

PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME
TO FILE REQUEST FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES

FROM THE TRAVIS COUNTY DEFENDANT-INTERVENORS

TO THE HONORABLE COURT:

1. On May 5, 1989, this Court entered an Order that struck

the intervention in this case of the Travis County District Judges.

Plaintiffs now seek an extension of the deadline for their filing

of a request for attorneys’ fees from these Defendant-Intervenors.

2 Local Rule 300-10 requires Plaintiffs to file their

request for fees within twenty (20) days of the entry of a final

judgment.! Plaintiffs request permission to file their request for

fees, if any, against the Travis County Defendant-Intervenors when

the Court finally resolves the merits and remedy in this case.

They make this request in order to avoid unnecessarily complicating

the Court’s docket by introducing the complex issue of a fee

request in the mere eight weeks now remaining before trial begins

‘Plaintiffs assume that the Court’s Order of May 5 is final for attorneys’ fee purposes.

on July 11, 1989.

3. In the event that the Court denied this Motion,

Plaintiffs request that the Court grant them twenty (20) days from

the issuance of the denial to file their request for fees from the

Travis County District Judges.

4. I |certify that I discussed this matter in a telephone

conversation today with David Richards, counsel for the Travis

County District Judges. He did not agree to this Motion.

Respectfully submitted:

GARRETT, THOMPSON & CHANG
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
A Partnership of Professional
Corporations

William L. Garrett
Brenda Hull Thompson
8300 Douglas #800
Dallas, Texas 75225
(214)369-1952
LEAD COUNSEL

ROLANDO L. RIOS

ATTORNEY AT LAW
201 N. St. Mary's #521
San Antonio, Texas 78205
(512)222-2102

SUSAN FINKELSTEIN

STAFF ATTORNEY
TEXAS RURAL LEGAL AID, INC.
201 N. St. Mary's #600
San Antonio, Texas 78205
(512)222-2478

BY: dlrs

ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFFS

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, Susan Finkelstein, do hereby certify that a true and

correct copy of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Extension of Time to File

Request for Attorneys’ Fees from the Travis County Defendant-

Intervenors hnd proposed Order has been mailed via certified mail

with correct postage to:

ATTORNEY

Plaintiff - Intervenors

Edward B. Cloutman, III
MULLINAX, WELLS, BAAB &

CLOUTMAN, P. C.

3301 Elm
Dallas, TX 75226-9222
214/939-9222 FAX: 214/939-9229

E. Brice Cunningham
Attorney at Law
777 S. R. L. Thornton Fwy, Suite 121
Dallas, TX 75203
214/428-3793

Julius Levonne Chambers
Sherrilyn A. Ifill
NAACP Legal Defense & Educational

Fund, Inc.
99 Hudson St., 16th floor
New York, NY 10013
212/219-1900

Gabrielle K. McDonald
MATTHEWS & BRANSCOMB
301 Congress Ave., Suite 2050
Austin, TX 78701
512/320-5055

Defendants

Jim Mattox

Mary F. Keller
Renea Hicks

REPRESENTING

Jesse Oliver

Joan Winn White

Fred Tinsley

Jesse Oliver

Joan Winn White

Fred Tinsley

Houston Lawyers Assn.
Francis Williams
Rev. William Lawson

Houston Lawyers Assn.
Francis Williams
Rev. William Lawson
Texas Legislative

Black Caucus

All Defendants

Javier Guajardo
Attorney General's Office
P. O. Box 12548
Austin, TX 78711
512/463-2085

Defendant-Intervenors

J. Eugene Clements
E. O'Neill
Evelyn V. Kels
PORTER & CLEMENTS
700 Louisiana, Suite 3500
Houston, TX 77002-2730
713/226-0600

Darrell Smith
Attorney at Law
10999 Interstate Highway 10,
Suite 905
San Antonio, TX 78230
512/641-9944

Michael J. Wood
Attorney at Law
440 Louisiana, Suite 200
Houston, TX 77002
713/228-5105

Mark H. Dettman
County Attorney
P. O. Box 2559
Midland, TX 79702
915/688-1084

Ken Oden
Travis County Attorney
P. O. Box 1748
Austin, TX 78767
512/473-9415

David R. Richards
Special Counsel
600 W. 7th St.
Austin, TX 78701

Robert H. Mow, Jr.
HUGHES & LUCE
2800 Momentum Place
1717 Main St.
Dallas, TX 75201
214/939-5500

Judge Sharolyn Wood
of Harris County

Midland County &
District Judges

Travis County District
Judges

Judge Harold Entz
of Dallas County

each at the correct address on this 15th day of May, 1989.

TTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF

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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ORDER OF EXTENSION OF
TIME TO FILE MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’

TRAVIS COUNTY DISTRICT JUDGES

Upon consideration of all matters of records, the Court has

determined that Plaintiffs’ Motion for Extension of Time to File

Request for Attorneys’ Fees from Travis County District Judges has

merit. The extension will avoid unnecessarily complicating the

preparation of this case in the short time remaining before trial

begins on July 11, 1989. THEREFORE, the Motion is GRANTED.

Plaintiffs need not file their Motion for Attorneys’ Fees from the

Travis County District Judges, if any, in compliance with Local

Rule 300-10. Instead, if they choose to file a Motion, they may

file it at the same time that they make other timely Motions for

fees after the Court has resolved the merits and remedy of this

case.

Done this day of » 1989 at Midland, Texas.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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Plaintiffs' Motion for Extension of Time to File Request for Attorneys' Fees from Travis County Defendant-Intervenors; Order for Extension

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