Designation of Record on Appeal
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January 15, 1990
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JESSE H. OCPPENHEIMER
STANLEY D ROSENBERG
HERBERT D XELLEHER
SEAGAL V. WHEATLEY
REESE L. HARRISON, JR
STANLEY L. BLEND
JOHN H. TATE It
THOMAS G. SHARPE, JR
KENNETH M. GINDY
J. DAVID OPPENHEIMER
JAMES F. PARKER
RICHARD N. WEINSTEIN
BARRY S. BROWN
RONNIE H. RICKS
TAYLOR S. BOONE
LAW OFFICES
OPPENHEIMER, ROSENBERG, KELLEHER & WHEATLEY, Inc
711 NAVARRO
SIXTH FLOOR
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78205
5i2/ 224-2000
TELEX 3787504
FAX 5i2/224-7540
January 15, 1990
THOMAS D. ANTHONY
RAYMOND W. BATTAGLIA
TED CAMPAGNOLO
JOSEPH B. C. FITZSIMONS
CYNTHIA §. FOX
CHERYL K. FREED
KIRK L. JAMES
ILENE B. KRAMER
BRUCE M. MITCHELL
J. FRANK ONION
DAN C. PERRY
DONALD R. PHILBIN, JR
WILLIAM LEWIS SESSIONS
DAVID P. STANUSH
CRAIG A. STOKES
GLEN A. YALE TIMOTHY N. TUGGEY
ROBERT MICHAEL DUFFEY
WRITER S DIRECT DIAL NUMBER
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Mr. Charles W. Vagner
U.S. District Clerk
316 U.S. Courthouse
200 East Wall Street
Midland, Texas 79701
Re: League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), et al.,
v. Jim Mattox., et al., Cause Number MO-88-CA-154.
Dear Mr. Vagner:
Enclosed for filing among your official papers in the above-
referenced cause are the original and one copy of Designation of
Record on Appeal. Please return the file stamped copy in the
enclosed, postage pre-paid envelope.
Thank you.
Very truly yours,
OPPENHEIMER, ROSENBERG,
KELLEHER & ATLEY,
Enclosure as stated.
SC
William L. Garrett
Garrett, Thompson & Chang
8300 Douglas, Suite 800
Dallas, Texas 75225
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LAWIOFFICES
OPPENHEIMER, ROSENBERG, KELLEHER & WHEATLEY, inc.
Mr. Charles W. Vagner
January 15, 1990
Page 2
Rolando Rios
Southwest Voter Registration
and Education Project
201 N. St. Mary's, Suite 521
San Antonio, Texas 78205
Susan Finkelstein
Texas Rural Legal Aid, Inc.
201 N. St. Mary's, Suite 600
San Antonio, Texas 78205
Sherrill A. Ifill
NAACP Legal Defense and
Education Fund, Inc.
99 Hudson St., 16th Floor
New York, New York 10013
Gabrielle K. McDonald
301 Congress Avenue
Suite 2050
Austin, Texas 78701
E. Brice Cunningham
777 8. R.L. Thornton Fwy.
Dallas, Texas 75203
Edward B. Cloutman, III
Mullinax, Wells, Baab &
Cloutman, P.C.
3301 Elm Street
Dallas, Texas 75226-1637
Renea Hicks
P.O. Box 12548,
Capitol Station
Austin, Texas 78711-2548
Ken Oden
Travis County Attorney
P.O. Box 1748
Austin, Texas 78767
011590- Li t\agui\drp\2000\248
LAW OFFICES
OPPENHEIMER, ROSENBERG, KELLEHER & WHEATLEY, inc.
Mr. Charles W. Vagner
January 15, 1990
Page 3
David R. Richards
600 W. 7th Street
Austin, Texas 78701
Darrell Smith
Porter & Clements
10999 Interstate Hwy. 10
Suite 905
San Antonio, Texas 78230
J. Eugene Clements
Porter & Clements
700 Louisiana, Suite 3500
Houston, Texas 77002-2730
Michael J. Wood
440 Louisiana, Suite 200
Houston, Texas 77002
Robert H. Mow, Jr.
David C. Godbey
Bobby M. Rubarts
Esther R. Rosenblum
Hughes & Luce
2800 Momentum Place
1717 Main Street
Dallas, Texas 75201
011590- Li t\agui\drp\2000\248
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
MIDLAND-ODESSA DIVISION
LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN §
CITIZENS (LULAC), et al.,
Plaintiffs,
CIVIL ACTION NO.
MO-88-CA-154
Vv.
JIM MATTOX, et al.,
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Defendants.
DESIGNATION OF RECORD ON APPEAL
COMES NOW Appellants Tom Rickhoff, Susan D. Reed, John J.
Specia, Jr., Sid L. Harle, Sharon MacRae, and Michael P. Peden,
all Bexar County, Texas, State District Judges, and respectfully
files this, their Designation of Record on Appeal, requesting that
the following designated matters (as they appear on the docket
sheet of the District Clerk for the Western District of Texas) be
included in the record of appeal to the United States Court of
Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in the above-styled and referenced
cause:
(1) 12/22/89 293 Motion to intervene by Judges Tom Rickhoff,
Susan D. Reed, John J. Specia, Jr., Sid L.
Harle, Sharon MacRae, and Michael P. Peden as
Defendants (jn):
(2) 12/29/89 308 Response by Joe Spurlock II, Ray D. Anderson,
Charles J. Murray, Weldon Kirk, Sam B. Paxson,
Joe B. Evins, Joe E. Kelly, James F. Clawson
Jr., Thomas J. Stovall Jr., Ron Chapman, John
F. Onion Jr., Thomas R. Phillips, Jack M.
Rains, Jim Mattox, John Cornyn to motion to
intervene by Judges Tom Rickhoff, Susan D.
Reed, John J. Specia, Jr., Sid L. Harle, Sharon
MacRae, and Michael P. Peden as Defendants
[293-1] (jn);
011590- Li t\agui\drp\2000\241
(3) 1/2/90 309
(4) 1/8/90 322
(5) 1/8/90 -—
(6) 1/8/90 -
(7)
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Order granting in part, denying in part motion
for entry of Proposed Interim Plan [295-1],
granting in part, denying in part motion to
intervene by Judges Tom Rickhoff, Susan D.
Reed, John J. Specia, Jr., Sid L. Harle, Sharon
MacRae, and Michael P. Peden as Defendants
[293-1], granting in part, denying in part
motion to certify order entered on November 8,
1989 for interlocutory appeal [289-1], granting
in ‘part, denying in part motion for
certification for interlocutory appeal [288-1]
(in):
Notice of Appeal of January 2, 1990 order by
Rickhoff, Reed, Specia, Harle, MacRae and Peden
(sm) ;
USCA appeal fees received $105.00 from
Rickhoff, Reed, Specia, Harle, MacRae and Peden
(sm) ;
Notice of Appeal and docket entries sent to
USCA 5th Circuit on appeal #322 (sm); and
This Designation of Record on Appeal.
Respectfully submitted,
OPPENHEIMER, ROSENBERG,
KELLEHER & WHEATLEY, INC.
711 Navarro, Sixth Floor
San Antonio, xas 78205
(512) 224-2
By:
Seagal V. Wheatley I
State Bar No. 21252000
Donald R. Philbin, Jr.
State Bar No. 15908800
Michael E. Tigar
727 East 26th Street
Austin, Texas 78705
Gerald H. Goldstein
State Bar No. 08101000
GOLDSTEIN, GOLDSTEIN & HILLEY
29th Floor, Tower Life Building
San Antonio, Texas 78205
(512) 226-1463
Joel H. Pullen
State Bar No. 16388000
Royal B. Lea, 111
State Bar No. 12069680
KAUFMAN, BECKER, PULLEN & REIBACH, INC.
2300 NCNB Plaza
300 Convent
San Antonio, Texas 78205
(512) 227-2000
ATTORNEYS FOR BEXAR COUNTY
JUDGE APPELLANTS
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing was
served upon all counsel in accordance with the Federal Rules of
civil Procedure this 15th day of January, 1990.
william L. Garrett
Garrett, Thompson & Chang
8300 Douglas, Suite 800
Dallas, Texas 75225
Rolando Rios
Southwest Voter Registration
and Education Project
201 N. St. Mary's, Suite 521
San Antonio, Texas 78205
susan Finkelstein
Texas Rural Legal Aid, Inc.
201 N. St. Mary's, Suite 600
san Antonio, Texas 78205
Sherrill A. Ifill
NAACP Legal Defense and
Education Fund, Inc.
99 Hudson St., 16th Floor
New York, New York 10013
Gabrielle K. McDonald
301 Congress Avenue
Suite 2050
Austin, Texas 78701
E. Brice Cunningham
777 8..R.1. Thornton Fwy.
Dallas, Texas 75203
Edward B. Cloutman, III
Mullinax, Wells, Baab &
Cloutman, P.C.
3301 Elm Street
Dallas, Texas 75226-1637
Renea Hicks
P.O. Box 12548,
capitol Station
Austin, Texas 78711-2548
011590- Li t\agui \drp\2000\241 4
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Ken Oden
Travis County Attorney
P.O. Box 1748
Austin, Texas 78767
David R. Richards
600 W. 7th Street
Austin, Texas 78701
Darrell Smith
Porter & Clements
10999 Interstate Hwy. 10
Suite 905
San Antonio, Texas 78230
J. Eugene Clements
Porter & Clements
700 Louisiana, Suite 3500
Houston, Texas 77002-2730
Michael J. Wood
440 Louisiana, Suite 200
Houston, Texas 77002
Robert H. Mow, Jr.
David C. Godbey
Bobby M. Rubarts
Esther R. Rosenblum
Hughes & Luce
2800 Momentum Place
1717 Main Street
Dallas, Texas 75201
plat
Seagal V. Wheatley /
011590- Li t\agui \drp\2000\241 5
JESSE H. OPPENHEIMER
STANLEY D. ROSENBERG
HERBERT D. RELLEHER
SEAGAL V. WHEATLEY
REESE L. HARRISON, JR
STANLEY L. BLEND
JOHN H. TATE II
THOMAS G. SHARPE, JR
KENNETH M. GINDY
J. DAVID OPPENHEIMER
JAMES F. PARKER
RICHARD N. WEINSTEIN
BARRY S. BROWN
RONNIE H. RICKS
TAYLOR S. BOONE
GLEN A. YALE
OPPENHEIMER, ROSENBERG, KELLEHER & WHEATLEY, Inc.
711 NAVARRO
LAW OFFICES
SIXTH FLOOR
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78205
512/224-2000
TELEX 3787504
FAX 512/224-7540
January 15, 1990
ROBERT MICHAEL DUFFEY
WRITER'S DIRECT DIAL N
521 299-23...
Mr. Charle
U.S. Distr
316 U.8. C
200 East
Midland, T
Re:
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s W. Vagner
ict Clerk
ourthouse
Wall Street
exas 79701
THOMAS D. ANTHONY
RAYMOND W. BATTAGLIA
TED CAMPAGNOLO
JOSEPH B. C. FITZSIMONS
CYNTHIA S. FOX
CHERYL RK. FREED
KIRK L. JAMES
ILENE B. KRAMER
BRUCE M. MITCHELL
J. FRANK ONION
DAN C. PERRY
DONALD R. PHILBIN, JR.
WILLIAM LEWIS SESSIONS
DAVID P. STANUSH
CRAIG A. STOKES
TIMOTHY N. TUGGEY
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), et al.,
v. Jim Mattox., et al.,
Dear Mr. V agner:
Cause Number MO-88-CA-154.
Enclosed for filing among your official papers in the above-
referenced cause are the original and one copy of Designation of
Record on Appeal. Please return the file stamped copy in the
enclosed, postage pre-paid envelope.
Thank you.
Very truly yours,
OPPENHEIMER, ROSENBERG,
KELLEHER & ATLEY, INC.
Gils
By: A
Donald R. Philbin,
Enclosure as stated.
cc:
William L. Garrett
Garrett, Thompson & Chang
8300 Douglas,
Texas Dallas,
011590-11it\agui\d
Suite 800
75225
rp\2000\248
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LAW OFFICES
OPPENHEIMER, ROSENBERG, KELLEHER & WHEATLEY,Inc.
Mr. Charles W. Vagner
January 15%, 1990
Page 2
Rolando Rios
Southwest Voter Registration
and Education Project
201 N., 8t. Mary's, Suite 521
San Antonio, Texas 78205
Susan Finkelstein
Texas Rural Legal Aid, Inc.
201 N. St. Mary's, Suite 600
San Antonio, Texas 78205
Sherrill A. Ifill
NAACP Legal Defense and
Education Fund, Inc.
99 Hudson St., 16th Floor
New York, New York 10013
Gabrielle K. McDonald
301 Congress Avenue
Suite 2050
Austin, Texas 78701
E. Brice Cunningham
777-8. R.L. Thornton Fwy.
Dallas, Texas 75203
Edward B. Cloutman, III
Mullinax, Wells, Baab &
Cloutman, P.C.
3301 Elm Street
Dallas, Texas 75226-1637
Renea Hicks
P.O. BOX 12548,
Capitol Station
Austin, Texas 78711-2548
Ken Oden
Travis County Attorney
P.O. Box 1748
Austin, Texas 78767
011590- Li t\agui\drp\2000\248
LAW OFFICES
OPPENHEIMER, ROSENBERG, KELLEHER & WHEATLEY,inc.
Mr. Charles W. Vagner
January 15, 1990
Page 3
David R. Richards
600 W. 7th Street
Austin, Texas 78701
Darrell Smith
Porter & Clements
10999 Interstate Hwy. 10
Suite 905
San Antonio, Texas 78230
J. Eugene Clements
Porter & Clements
700 Louisiana, Suite 3500
Houston, Texas 77002-2730
Michael J. Wood
440 Louisiana, Suite 200
Houston, Texas 77002
Robert H. Mow, Jr.
David C. Godbey
Bobby M. Rubarts
Esther R. Rosenblum
Hughes & Luce
2800 Momentum Place
1717 Main Street
Dallas, Texas 75201
011590- Li t\agui\drp\2000\248
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
MIDLAND-ODESSA DIVISION
LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN §
CITIZENS (LULAC), et al.,
Plaintiffs,
CIVIL ACTION NO.
MO-88-CA-154
V.
JIM MATTOX, et al.,
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DESIGNATION OF RECORD ON APPEAL
COMES NOW Appellants Tom Rickhoff, Susan D. Reed, John J.
Specia, Jr., Sid L. Harle, Sharon MacRae, and Michael P. Peden,
all Bexar County, Texas, State District Judges, and respectfully
files this, their Designation of Record on Appeal, requesting that
the following designated matters (as they appear on the docket
sheet of the District Clerk for the Western District of Texas) be
included in the record of appeal to the United States Court of
Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in the above-styled and referenced
cause.
(1) 12/22/89 292 Motion to intervene by Judges Tom Rickhoff,
Susan D. Reed, John J. Specia, Jr., Sid L.
Harle, Sharon MacRae, and Michael P. Peden as
Defendants (jn);
(2) 12/29/89 308 Response by Joe Spurlock II, Ray D. Anderson,
Charles J. Murray, Weldon Kirk, Sam B. Paxson,
Joe B. Evins, Joe E. Kelly, James F. Clawson
Jr., Thomas J. Stovall Jr., Ron Chapman, John
F. Onion Jr., Thomas R. Phillips, Jack M.
Rains, Jim Mattox, John Cornyn to motion to
intervene by Judges Tom Rickhoff, Susan D.
Reed, John J. Specia, Jr., Sid L. Harle, Sharon
MacRae, and Michael P. Peden as Defendants
[293-1] (jn):
011590- Li t\agui\drp\2000\241
(3) . 1/2/90 309
(2) 1/8/90 1322
(5) 1/8/90 -
(6) 1/8/90 —_—
(7)
011590- Li t\agui\drp\2000\241
Order granting in part, denying in part motion
for entry of Proposed Interim Plan [295-1],
granting in part, denying in part motion to
intervene by Judges Tom Rickhoff, Susan D.
Reed, John J. Specia, Jr., Sid L. Harle, Sharon
MacRae, and Michael P. Peden as Defendants
[293-1], granting in part, denying in part
motion to certify order entered on November 8,
1989 for interlocutory appeal [289-1], granting
in ‘part, denying in part motion for
certification for interlocutory appeal [288-1]
(jn);
Notice of Appeal of January 2, 1990 order by
Rickhoff, Reed, Specia, Harle, MacRae and Peden
(sm) ;
USCA appeal fees received $105.00 from
Rickhoff, Reed, Specia, Harle, MacRae and Peden
(sm) ;
Notice of Appeal and docket entries sent to
USCA 5th Circuit on appeal #322 (sm); and
This Designation of Record on Appeal.
Respectfully submitted,
OPPENHEIMER, ROSENBERG,
KELLEHER & WHEATLEY, INC.
711 Navarro, Sixth Floor
San Antonio, Xas 78205
(512) 224-20
Seagal V. Wheatley /
State Bar No. 21252000
Donald R. Philbin, Jr.
State Bar No. 15908800
Michael E. Tigar
727 East 26th Street
Austin, Texas 78705
011590- Li t\agui\drp\2000\241
Gerald H. Goldstein
State Bar No. 08101000
GOLDSTEIN, GOLDSTEIN & HILLEY
29th Floor, Tower Life Building
San Antonio, Texas 78205
(512) 226-1463
Joel H. Pullen
State Bar No. 16388000
Royal B. Lea, III
State Bar No. 12069680
KAUFMAN, BECKER, PULLEN & REIBACH,
2300 NCNB Plaza
300 Convent
San Antonio, Texas 78205
(512) 227-2000
ATTORNEYS FOR BEXAR COUNTY
JUDGE APPELLANTS
INC.
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing was
served upon all counsel in accordance with the Federal Rules of
Civil Procedure this 15th day of January, 1990.
William L. Garrett
Garrett, Thompson & Chang
8300 Douglas, Suite 800
Dallas, Texas 75225
Rolando Rios
Southwest Voter Registration
and Education Project
201 N. St. . Mary's, Suite 521
San Antonio, Texas 78205
Susan Finkelstein
Texas Rural Legal Aid, Inc.
201 N. St. Mary's, Suite 600
San Antonio, Texas 78205
Sherrill) A. Ifill
NAACP Legal Defense and
Education Fund, Inc.
99 Hudson St., 16th Floor
New York, New York 10013
Gabrielle K. McDonald
301 Congress Avenue
Suite 2050
Austin, Texas 78701
E. Brice Cunningham
777 S. R.L. Thornton Fwy.
Dallas, Texas 75203
Edward B. Cloutman, III
Mullinax, Wells, Baab &
Cloutman, P.C.
3301 Elm Street
Dallas, Texas 75226-1637
Renea Hicks
P.O. Box 12548,
Capitol Station
Austin, Texas 78711-2548
011590- Li t\agui\drp\2000\241
Ken Oden
Travis County Attorney
P.O. Box 1748
Austin, Texas 78767
David R. Richards
600 W. 7th Street
Austin, Texas 78701
Darrell Smith
Porter & Clements
10999 Interstate Hwy. 10
Suite 905
San Antonio, Texas 78230
J. Eugene Clements
Porter & Clements
700 Louisiana, Suite 3500
Houston, Texas 77002-2730
Michael J. Wood
440 Louisiana, Suite 200
Houston, Texas 77002
Robert H. Mow, Jr.
David C. Godbey
Bobby M. Rubarts
Esther R. Rosenblum
Hughes & Luce
2800 Momentum Place
1717 Main Street
Dallas, Texas 75201
011590- Li t\agui\drp\2000\241
pled
Seagal V. Wheatley /