Motion to Admit Pro Hac Vice; McDonald Consent to Designation; Affidavit of Ifill; Order granting Motion to Admit Pro Hac Vice

    MATTHEWS & BRANSCOMB 
A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 

  

ATTORNEYS AT LAW 

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1800 FIRST CITY SANK TOWER AUSTIN, TEXAS 7870! ONE ALAMO CENTER 

CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS 78477 TELEPHONE 512-320-5085 SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7820S 

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April 6, 1989 
GABRIELLE K. MCDONALD 

U.S. District Clerk 

P. O. Box 10708 

Midland, Texas 78702 ~J
 

RE: LULAC Council $4434, et al v. Mattox, et al 
No. MO-88-CA-154 

I have enclosed the original and one copy of the following: 

Motion to Admit Pro Hac Vice of Sherrilyn A. Ifill 
with Designation of Local Counsel, Affidavit, and 

accompanying Order. 

I would appreciate your submitting the Order to the Judge for his 
signature and entry of record. 

By copy hereof, I am forwarding copies of all of the above 
documents to all interested parties. 

Sincerely yours, 

MATTHEWS & BRANSCOMB 

A Professional Corporation 

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Gabrielle K. McDonald 

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS 

MIDLAND-ODESSA DIVISION 

  

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LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN 

CITIZENS {(IULAC), at al., 

Plaintiffs, 

Houston Lawyers' Association, Alice 
Bonner, Weldon Berry, Francis Williams, 
Rev. William Lawson, Deloyd T. Parker, 
Bennie McGinty, 

Plaintiff-Intervenors, 

vs. No. 88-CA-154 

JAMES MATTOX, Attorney General of the 
State of Texas, et al., 

Defendants. 

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MOTION TO ADMIT PRO HAC VICE 
  

COMES NOW Plaintiff-intervenors in this action and move this 

Court to admit SHERRIIYN A. IFILL prc hac vice in this case.   

SHERRILYN A. IFILL will assume the role of counsel and attorney 

in charge for the Houston Lawyers Association, et al., in this 

case upon admittance pro hac vice to this Court. Based upon the   

 



  

accompanying affidavit, Plaintiffs move this Court to admit as 

counsel in presentation of their case, filed before this Motion, 

SHERRILYN A. IFILL, pro hac vice. 
  

Local counsel is designated pursuant to LR 200-3. 

Respectfully submitted, 

NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATIONAL 
FUND, INC. 

99 Hudson Street, 16th Floor 
New York, New York 10013 

212) 219-3900 

ors fhssillye A ILIA 
S errilyn AJ Ifill 

o r Plaintiir Intervenors 

  

DATE: March 29, 1989 

 



  

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 
  

I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the fore- 

going Motion and Affidavit has been mailed to counsel for all 

parties, HR pre-paid and properly addressed, on this eer 

day of : 1989 

ARTY 7 7 
  

GABRIELLE K. McDONALD 

 



  

DESIGNATION OF I.OCAIL COUNSEL 
  

Gabrielle K. McDonald 
Matthews & Branscomb 

301 Congress Avenue 

Suite 2050 
Austin, Texas 78701 
{512) 320-5055 

is designated as local counsel pursuant to LR 200-3. 

CONSENT TO DESIGNATION: I, Gabrielle K. McDonald, hereby consent 
  

to the above designation as local counsel. 

vated: _VlA/ 
  

Ab tte AON Loonies   

Gabrielle K. McDonald 

 



  

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS 

MIDILAND-ODESSA DIVISION 

  

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LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN 

CITIZENS  {TULAC), et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

Houston Lawyers' Association, Alice 
Bonner, Weldon Berry, Francis Williams, 
Rev. William Lawson, Deloyd T. Parker, 
Bennie McGinty, 

Plaintiff-Intervenors, 

vs. No. 8§8-CA-154 

JAMES MATTOX, Attorney General of the 
State of Texas, ét al., 

Defendants. 

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AFFIDAVIT 
  

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STATE OF NEW YORK ) 

BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, personally appeared 

SHERRILYN A. IFILL, who being duly sworn and upon oath, says: 

ie I am an attorney licensed to practice in the State of 

New York; 

2. I am admitted to federal court practice in the Southern 

District of New York: 

3. I specialize in federal civil rights litigation; 

 



  

4. I make this affidavit in support of an application for 

my admission to practice pro hac vice before this Court in a case   

styled LULAC v. Mattox. I seek to appear as counsel for   

plaintiff-intervenors in the presentation of this case. 

5. I am an attorney with the NAACP Legal Defense and 

Educational Fund, Inc. in New York City. I am supervised in my 

representation of plaintiffs in this matter by the Director- 

Counsel Julius L. Chambers and Deputy Director-Counsel Charles 

Stephen Ralston of the Legal Defense Fund. The Legal Defense 

Fund is a nationally recognized, highly respected organization 

dedicated to the representation of minority individuals in 

constitutional and civil rights litigation. It has been cited by 

the United States Supreme Court as having ”a corporate reputation 

for expertness in presenting and arguing the difficult questions 

of law that frequently arise in civil rights litigation.” NAACP 

v. Button, 371 U.S. 415, 422 (1963). District Court for the 

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Western District of Texas. 

  

Subscribed and sworn to before 

me this TE day of March, 1989. 

75 
Notary Public 
JUDITH A. REED 

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS 

MIDLAND-ODESSA DIVISION 

  

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LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN 

CITIZENS (IULAC), et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

Houston Lawyers' Association, Alice 
Bonner, Weldon Berry, Francis Williams, 
Rev. William Lawson, Deloyd T. Parker, 
Bennie McGinty, 

Plaintiff-Intervenors, 

VS. No. 88-CA—-154 

JAMES MATTOX, Attorney General of the 
State of Texas, et al., 

Defendants. 

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ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO ADMIT PRO HAC VICE 
  

SHERRILYN A. IFILL is allowed to appear pro hac Vice for the 
  

Plaintiff-intervenors. 

SO ORDERED this day of .. 1989. 
  

  

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE