Designation of Record on Appeal

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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 

512129923 pe 

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 

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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 

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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); 

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(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 

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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 

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Seagal V. Wheatley / 
  

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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: 

UMBER 

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 

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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., 

Defendants. wn
 

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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): 

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(3) . 1/2/90 309 

(2) 1/8/90 1322 

(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] 

(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 /

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