State's Response in Opposition to Chief Justice Phillips' Motion for Allocation of Time for Oral Argument

    Office of the Attorney General 

State of Texas 
DAN MORALES 

ATTORNEY GENERAL : April 28, 1993 

Clerk, Fifth Circuit 
ATT'N: Eileen Boudoin 

600 Camp Street 
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 

Re: LULAC, et al. v. Attorney General of Texas, et al., 
No. 90-8014 

Dear Sir: 

Enclosed for filing in the above-referenced matter are the original and twenty copies of the 
State's Response in Opposition to Chief Justice Phillips' Motion for Allocation of Time for Oral 
Argument. 

Sincerely, 

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Renea Hicks 
State Solicitor 

P.O. Box 12548, Capitol Station 
Austin, Texas 78711-2548 
(512) 463-2085 

cc: Counsel of Record 

Members of Judicial Districts Board 
Audrey Selden 

512/463-2100 P.O. BOX 12548 AUSTIN, TEXAS 78711-2548 
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STATE'S RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION TO CHIEF JUSTICE THOMAS K. PHILLIPS' 
MOTION FOR ALLOCATION OF TIME FOR ORAL ARGUMENT 

The Attorney General of Texas, on behalf of the State of Texas, opposes the motion by 

Chief Justice Phillips, as Chair of the Texas Judicial Districts Board, that fifteen minutes of oral 

argument time be allotted to him. The reason for this opposition is identical to the reasons stated 

in the state's previously filed motion to disqualify Chief Justice Phillips’ independent counsel 

from further appearance in this case. Through a Court order of April 19, 1993, that motion to 

disqualify is being carried with the case. 

The essence of the motion to disqualify, and of this opposition, is two-fold: (i) the state, 

not any single named official-capacity state defendant, is the real party in interest; and (ii) the 

state in this setting must be treated as an indivisible unit which speaks to this Court through the 

duly elected Attorney General of the state. Against this legal backdrop, the motion for allocation 

of oral argument time to the Chief Justice's independent counsel should be denied. 

Respectfully submitted, 

DAN MORALES 
Attorney General of Texas 

WILL PRYOR 
First Assistant Attorney General 

MARY F. KELLER 
Deputy Attorney General 

 



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RENEA HICKS 
State Solicitor 

  

  

  

J R GUAJARDO / 
Special Assistant Attorney General 

P. O. Box 12548, Capitol Station 
Austin, Texas 78711-2548 
(512) 463-2085 

ATTORNEYS FOR 
STATE OF TEXAS AND ATTORNEY 
GENERAL 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I certify that on the 28th day of April, 1993, I sent a copy of the foregoing document by 
first class United States mail, postage prepaid, to each of the following: William L. Garrett, 
Garrett, Thompson & Chang, 8300 Douglas, Suite 800, Dallas, Texas 75225; Rolando Rios, 
Milam Building, Suite 1024, 115 E. Travis Street, 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, 7800 N. Mopac, Suite 215, Austin, Texas 78759; 
Edward B. Cloutman, III, 3301 Elm Street, Dallas, Texas 75226-1637; E. Brice Cunningham, 
777 South R. L. Thornton Frwy., Suite 121, Dallas, Texas 75203; J. Eugene Clements, Porter & 
Clements, 3500 NCNB Center, P.O. Box 4744, Houston, Texas 77210-4744; Robert H. Mow, 
Jr., Hughes & Luce, 1717 Main Street, Suite 2800, Dallas, Texas 75201; Jessica Dunsay Silver, 
Department of Justice, P. O. Box 66078, Washington, D. C. 20035-6078; Tom Maness, Jefferson 
County Courthouse, Beaumont, Texas 77701; Seagal V. Wheatley, Wheatley & Sharpe, Frost 
Bank Tower, Suite 1200, 100 West Houston, San Antonio, Texas 78205-1457; Russell W. 
Miller, 3300 Texas Commerce Tower, Houston, Texas 77002; and Joseph D. Jamail, Jamail & 
Kolius, 500 Dallas, Suite 3434, Houston, Texas 77002-4793. : = 

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Renea Hicks