Plaintiffs' First Set of Interrogatories and First Request for Production to Defendant-Intervenors Wood; Thirteen Defendant-Intervenors from Travis County; and to Entz
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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’ FIRST SET OF INTERROGATORIES
TO DEFENDANT-INTERVENOR WOOD
TO: Defendant-Intervenor Wood c/o J. Eugene Clements, John E.
O'Neill, Evelyn V. Keys, Porter and Clements, 700 Louisiana, Suite
3500, Houston, Texas 77002-2730 and Darrell Smith, 10999 Interstate
Highway 10, Suite 905, San Antonio, Texas 78230.
Plaintiffs, by their attorneys, pursuant to Rules 26 and 33
of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, request the Defendant-
Intervenor, or any officer, agent or employee of Defendant-
Intervenor who has such information as is available, to answer in
writing and under oath, each and every one of the following
interrogatories. Pursuant to the Court’s Order of February 27,
1989, all responses are due within fifteen (15) days after service.
These interrogatories are continuing to the extent required by Rule
26 (e), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
Unless otherwise stated, the terms "identify," "identity" or
"identification" mean when used in reference to:
A. A natural person, his or her:
Y. full name;
2. present or last known home and business address,
including street name and number, city or town and
state;
3. present or last known home and business telephone
number; and
4. present or last known position, job title and job
description.
B. A company, corporation, association, partnership, joint
venture, or any legal entity other than a natural person, its:
1. full name and type of organization or entity;
2. address of principal place of business; and
3 business telephone number.
A document, its:
1. date and title;
2. author;
3. addressee;
4 a precise description of the contents thereof; and
5. the identity of the person having possession of the
document.
D. An election, the:
1. date;
2 type of election, specifically state, county, city,
primary election, general election, or referendum:
3. identity of the person having possession of the
official returns by precinct.
The terms, "document" or "documents" mean all writing of any
kind (including the originals and all non-identical copies, whether
different from the original by reason of any notation made on such
copies or otherwise), regardless of their origin or location,
including without limitation, correspondence, memoranda, notes,
diaries, statistics, letters, telegrams, minutes, contracts,
reports, studies, applications and proposals for federal and state
financial assistance, checks, statements, receipts, returns,
summaries, pamphlets, books, charts, maps, interoffice and
intraoffice communications, notations of any sort of conversations,
bulletins, printed matter, computer printouts, teletypes, telefax,
worksheets and drafts, alterations, modifications, changes, and
amendments of any of the foregoing, graphic or aural records or
representations of any kind (including without limitation,
photographs, charts, graphs, microfiche, videotapes, recordings,
motion pictures) and electronic, mechanical or electric records or
representations of any kind (including without limitation, tapes,
cassettes, mag cards, disks, and recordings).
The term "all documents" means every document as above defined
known to you and every such document which can be located or
discovered by reasonably diligent efforts.
The term "person" means any natural person, corporation,
partnership, proprietorship, association, organization or group of
natural persons.
The terms "you" or "your" mean the Defendant-Intervenor and
all other persons acting or purporting to act on her behalf.
If a request is made for the identification of documents which
are no longer in your possession or subject to your control, state
when and what disposition was made of them.
For each interrogatory, or part of an interrogatory, which you
refuse to answer on the grounds of privilege (the term "privilege"
includes work product):
a. state the nature of the privilege and the basis upon
which the claim of privilege is made; and
b. in addition, if the claim of privilege is asserted
with regard to a document, a precise description of
the contents of the documents.
INTERROGATORY NO. 1: Please identify by name, business and
residential address, telephone number, place of employment and job
title each of the persons known to you who has any knowledge
regarding the facts that base any claim or defense that you plan
to raise in this lawsuit.
INTERROGATORY NO. 2: Please identify by name, business and
residential address, telephone number, place of employment and job
title each of the expert witnesses who you expect to call to
testify should this case go to trial and state the nature of the
testimony that you expect each expert witness to give.
INTERROGATORY NO. 3: Please state the nature of any claim or
defense that you intend to present at trial that does not arise out
of facts that took place, will take place or take place in Harris
County.
INTERROGATORY NO. 4: Please identify by year, type of election
(general, Democratic/Republican primary, Democratic/Republican run
off), candidate and type of office each election that you claim is
relevant to your claims.
Dated: April 11, 1989
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
ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFFS
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I, Susan Finkelstein, do hereby certify that a true and
correct copy of Plaintiff's First Set of Interrogatories to
Defendant-Intervenor Wood 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
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. Keys
PORTER & CLEMENTS
700 Louisiana, Suite 3500
Houston, TX 77002-2730
713/226-0600
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
Judge Sharolyn Wood
of Harris County
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
Judge Sharolyn Wood
of Harris County
Midland County &
District Judges
Travis County District
Judges
Travis County District
Judges
Judge Harold Entz
of Dallas County
each at the correct address on this 11th day of April, 1989.
ATTORNEY 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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PLAINTIFFS’ FIRST REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION
TO DEFENDANT-INTERVENOR WOOD
TO: Defendant-Intervenor Wood c/o J. Eugene Clements, John E.
O'Neill, Evelyn V. Keys, Porter and Clements, 700 Louisiana, Suite
3500, Houston, Texas 77002-2730 and Darrell Smith, 10999 Interstate
Highway 10, Suite 905, San Antonio, Texas 78230.
Plaintiffs, by their attorneys, pursuant to Rules 26 and 34
of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, request the Defendant-
Intervenor, or any officer, agent or employee of Defendant-
Intervenor who has such information as is available, to answer in
writing and under oath, each and every one of the following
requests. Pursuant to the Court’s Order of February 27, 1989,
responses are due within fifteen (15) days after service. These
requests are continuing to the extent required by Rule 26(e),
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Furthermore, please produce any
requested documents as they are kept in the normal course of
business or organize and label them to correspond with the
categories in this request.
As used in this Request, the terms, "identify," "identity" or
"identification" mean when used in reference to:
A. A natural person, his or her:
l. full name;
2. present or last known home and business address,
including street name and number, city or town and
state;
3. present or last known home and business telephone
number; and
4. present or last known position, job title and job
description.
B. A company, corporation, association, partnership, joint
venture, or any legal entity other than a natural person,
its:
1, full name and type of organization or entity;
2 address of principal place of business; and
3 telephone number of principal place of business.
C. A document, its:
l. date and title;
2. author:
3. addressee;
4, a precise description of the contents thereof; and
5. the identity of the person having possession of the
document.
D. An election, the:
1. date;
v5 type of election, specifically state, county, city,
primary election, general election, or referendum;
3. identity of the person having possession of the
official returns by precinct.
As used in this Request, the terms, "document" or "documents"
mean all writings of any kind (including the originals and all non-
identical copies, whether different from the original by reason of
any notation made on such copies or otherwise), regardless of their
origin or location, including without limitation, correspondence,
memoranda, notes, diaries, statistics, letter, telegrams, minutes,
contracts, reports, studies, applications and proposals for federal
and state financial assistance, checks, statements, receipts,
returns, summaries, pamphlets, books, charts, maps, interoffice and
intraoffice communications, notations of any sort of conversations,
bulletins, printed matter, computer printouts, teletypes, telefax,
worksheets and drafts, alterations, modifications, changes, and
amendments of any of the foregoing, graphic or aural records or
representations of any kind (including without limitation,
photographs, charts, graphs, microfiche, videotapes, recordings,
motion pictures) and electronic, mechanical or electric records or
representations of any kind (including without limitation, tapes,
cassettes, mag cards, disks, and recordings).
The term "all documents" means every document as above defined
known to you and every such document which can be located or
discovered by reasonably diligent efforts.
The term "person" means any natural person, corporation,
partnership, proprietorship, association, organization or group of
natural persons. |
The terms "you" or "your" mean the Defendant-Intervenor and
all other persons acting or purporting to act on her behalf.
If a request is made for the identification of documents which
are no longer in your possession or subject to your control, state
when and what disposition was made of them.
For each request, or part of a request, which you refuse to
answer on the grounds of privilege (in this Request, the term
"privilege" includes work product):
a. state the nature of the privilege and the basis upon
which the claim of privilege is made; and
b. in addition, if the claim of privilege is asserted
with regard to a document, a precise description of
the contents of the documents.
REQUEST NO. 1: Please provide copies of all documents prepared by
an expert on your behalf in this case.
REQUEST NO. 2: Please provide copies of all documents provided to
an expert on your behalf in this case.
Dated: April 11, 1989
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
BYs a
ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFFS
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I, Susan Finkelstein, do hereby certify that a true and
correct copy of Plaintiffs’ First Request for Production to
Defendant-Intervenor Wood 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
REPRESENTING
Jesse Oliver
Joan Winn White
Fred Tinsley
Jesse Oliver
Joan Winn White
Fred Tinsley
Houston Lawyers Assn.
Francis Williams
Rev. William Lawson
Gabrielle K. McDonald
MATTHEWS & BRANSCOMB
301 Congress Ave., Suite 2050
Austin, TX 78701
512/320-5055
Defendants
Jim Mattox
Mary F. Keller
Renea Hicks
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. Keys
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. 0. Box 2559
Midland, TX 79702
915/688-1084
Ken Oden
Travis County Attorney
P. O. Box 1748
Austin, TX 78767
512/473-9415
Houston Lawyers Assn.
Francis Williams
Rev. William Lawson
Texas Legislative
Black Caucus
All Defendants
Judge Sharolyn Wood
of Harris County
Judge Sharolyn Wood
of Harris County
Judge Sharolyn Wood
of Harris County
Midland County &
District Judges
Travis County District
Judges
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
Travis County District
Judges
Judge Harold Entz
of Dallas County
each at the correct address on this 11th day of April, 1989.
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ATTORNEY 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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PLAINTIFFS’ FIRST SET OF INTERROGATORIES TO
THE THIRTEEN DEFENDANT-INTERVENORS FROM
TRAVIS COUNTY
TO: Defendant-Intervenors Clark, Davis, Dellana, Dibrell, Hart,
Jones, Lowry, McCown, Meurer, Perkins, Thurman, Williams and Wisser
c/o David Richards, Special Counsel, 600 W. 7th Street, Austin,
Texas 78701 and Ken Oden, Travis County Attorney, P. O. Box 1748,
Austin, Texas 78767
Plaintiffs, by their attorneys, pursuant to Rules 26 and 33
of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, request the Defendant-
Intervenors, or any officer, agent or employee of Defendant-
Intervenors who has such information as is available, to answer in
writing and under oath, each and every one of the following
interrogatories. Pursuant to the Court’s Order of February 27,
1989, all responses are due within fifteen (15) days after service.
These interrogatories are continuing to the extent required by Rule
26 (e), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
Unless otherwise stated, the terms "identify," "identity" or
"identification" mean when used in reference to:
A. A natural person, his or her:
1. full name;
2. present or last known home and business address,
including street name and number, city or town and
state;
3. present or last known home and business telephone
number; and
4. present or last known position, job title and job
description.
B. A company, corporation, association, partnership, joint
venture, or any legal entity other than a natural person, its:
1. full name and type of organization or entity;
2. address of principal place of business; and
3. business telephone number.
Cc, A document, its:
1. date and title;
2. author;
3. addressee;
4. a precise description of the contents thereof; and
5. the identity of the person having possession of the
document.
D. An election, the:
1. date;
v.43" type of election, specifically state, county, city,
primary election, general election, or referendum;
3 identity of the person having possession of the
official returns by precinct.
The terms, "document" or "documents" mean all writing of any
kind (including the originals and all non-identical copies, whether
different from the original by reason of any notation made on such
copies or otherwise), regardless of their origin or location,
including without limitation, correspondence, memoranda, notes,
diaries, statistics, letters, telegrams, minutes, contracts,
reports, studies, applications and proposals for federal and state
financial assistance, checks, statements, receipts, returns,
summaries, pamphlets, books, charts, maps, interoffice and
intraoffice communications, notations of any sort of conversations,
bulletins, printed matter, computer printouts, teletypes, telefax,
worksheets and drafts, alterations, modifications, changes, and
amendments of any of the foregoing, graphic or aural records or
representations of any kind (including without limitation,
photographs, charts, graphs, microfiche, videotapes, recordings,
motion pictures) and electronic, mechanical or electric records or
representations of any kind (including without limitation, tapes,
cassettes, mag cards, disks, and recordings).
The term "all documents" means every document as above defined
known to you and every such document which can be located or
discovered by reasonably diligent efforts.
The term "person" means any natural person, corporation,
partnership, proprietorship, association, organization or group of
natural persons.
The terms "you" or "your" mean the Defendant-Intervenors and
all other persons acting or purporting to act on their behalf. fI
a request is made for the identification of documents which are no
longer in your possession or subject to your control, state when
and what disposition was made of them.
For each interrogatory, or part of an interrogatory, which you
refuse to answer on the grounds of privilege (the term "privilege"
includes work product):
a. state the nature of the privilege and the basis upon
which the claim of privilege is made; and
b. in addition, if the claim of privilege is asserted
with regard to a document, a precise description of
the contents of the documents.
INTERROGATORY NO. 1: Please identify by name, business and
residential address, telephone number, place of employment and job
title each of the persons known to you who has any knowledge
regarding the facts that base any claim or defense that you plan
to raise in this lawsuit.
INTERROGATORY NO. 2: Please identify by name, business and
residential address, telephone number, place of employment and job
title each of the expert witnesses who you expect to call to
testify should this case go to trial and state the nature of the
testimony that you expect each expert witness to give.
INTERROGATORY NO. 3: Please state the nature of any claim or
defense that you intend to present at trial that does not arise out
of facts that took place, will take place or take place in Travis
County.
INTERROGATORY NO. 4: Please identify by year, type of election
(general, Democratic/Republican primary, Democratic/Republican run
off), candidate and type of office each election that You claim is
relevant to your claims.
Dated: April 11, 1989
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
ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFFS
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
1, Susan Finkelstein, do hereby certify that a true and
correct copy of Plaintiffs’ First Set of Interrogatories to the
Thirteen Defendant-Intervenors from Travis County 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
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. Keys
PORTER & CLEMENTS
700 Louisiana, Suite 3500
Houston, TX 77002-2730
713/226-0600
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
Judge Sharolyn Wood
of Harris County
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
Judge Sharolyn Wood
of Harris County
Midland County &
District Judges
Travis County District
Judges
Travis County District
Judges
Judge Harold Entz
of Dallas County
each at the correct address on this 11th day of Sori, 1989.
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VASE 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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PLAINTIFFS’ FIRST REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION OF
DOCUMENTS TO THE THIRTEEN
DEFENDANT-INTERVENORS FROM TRAVIS COUNTY
TO: Defendant-Intervenors Clark, Davis, Dellana, Dibrell, Hart,
Jones, Lowry, McCown, Meurer, Perkins, Thurman, Williams and Wisser
c/o David Richards, Special Counsel, 600 W. 7th Street, Austin,
Texas 78701 and Ken Oden, Travis County Attorney, P. O. Box 1748, Austin, Texas 78767
Plaintiffs, by their attorneys, pursuant to Rules 26 and 34
of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, request the Defendant-
Intervenors, or any officer, agent or employee of Defendant-
Intervenors who has such information as is available, to answer in
writing and under oath, each and every one of the following
requests. Pursuant to the Court’s Order of February 27, 1989,
responses are due within fifteen (15) days after service. These
requests are continuing to the extent required by Rule 26(e),
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Furthermore, please produce any
requested documents as they are kept in the normal course of
business or organize and label them to correspond with the
categories in this request.
As used in this Request, the terms, "identify," "identity" or
"identification" mean when used in reference to:
A. A natural person, his or her:
1. full name;
2. present or last known home and business address,
including street name and number, city or town and
state;
3. present or last known home and business telephone
number; and
4. present or last known position, job title and job
description.
B. A company, corporation, association, partnership, joint
venture, or any legal entity other than a natural person,
its:
3. full name and type of organization or entity;
2. address of principal place of business; and
3. telephone number of principal place of business.
C. A document, its:
l. date and title;
2. author;
3. addressee;
4. a precise description of the contents thereof; and
5. the identity of the person having possession of the
document.
D. An election, the:
1. date;
2. type of election, specifically state, county, city,
primary election, general election, or referendum;
3. identity of the person having possession of the
official returns by precinct.
As used in this Request, the terms, "document" or "documents"
mean all writings of any kind (including the originals and all non-
identical copies, whether different from the original by reason of
any notation made on such copies or otherwise), regardless of their
origin or location, including without limitation, correspondence,
memoranda, notes, diaries, statistics, letter, telegrams, minutes,
contracts, reports, studies, applications and proposals for federal
and state financial assistance, checks, statements, receipts,
returns, summaries, pamphlets, books, charts, maps, interoffice and
intraoffice communications, notations of any sort of conversations,
bulletins, printed matter, computer printouts, teletypes, telefax,
worksheets and drafts, alterations, modifications, changes, and
amendments of any of the foregoing, graphic or aural records or
representations of any kind (including without limitation,
photographs, charts, graphs, microfiche, videotapes, recordings,
motion pictures) and electronic, mechanical or electric records or
representations of any kind (including without limitation, tapes,
cassettes, mag cards, disks, and recordings).
The term "all documents" means every document as above defined
known to you and every such document which can be located or
discovered by reasonably diligent efforts.
The term "person" means any natural person, corporation,
partnership, proprietorship, association, organization or group of
natural persons.
The terms "you" or "your" mean the Defendant-Intervenors and
all other persons acting or purporting to act on their behalf.
If a request is made for the identification of documents which
are no longer in your possession or subject to your control, state
when and what disposition was made of them.
For each request, or part of a request, which you refuse to
answer on the grounds of privilege (in this Request, the term
"privilege" includes work product):
a. state the nature of the privilege and the basis upon
which the claim of privilege is made; and
in addition, if the claim of privilege is asserted
with regard to a document, a precise description of
the contents of the documents.
REQUEST NO. 1: Please provide copies of all documents prepared by
an expert on your behalf in this case.
REQUEST NO. 2: Please provide copies of all documents provided to
an expert on your behalf in this case.
Dated: April 11, 1989
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: Cal Lil.
ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFFS
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I, Susan Finkelstein, do hereby certify that a true and
correct copy of Plaintiffs’ First Request for Production of
Documents to the Thirteen Defendant-Intervenors from Travis County
has been mailed via certified mail with correct postage to:
ATTORNEY REPRESENTING
Plaintiff - Intervenors
Edward B. Cloutman, III Jesse Oliver
MULLINAX, WELLS, BAAB & Joan Winn White
CLOUTMAN, P. C. Fred Tinsley
3301 Elm
Dallas, TX 75226-9222
214/939-9222 FAX: 214/939-9229
E. Brice Cunningham Jesse Oliver
Attorney at Law Joan Winn White 777 S. R. L. Thornton Fwy, Suite 121 Fred Tinsley
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
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. Keys
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
Houston Lawyers Assn.
Francis Williams
Rev. William Lawson
Houston Lawyers Assn.
Francis Williams
Rev. William Lawson
Texas Legislative
Black Caucus
All Defendants
Judge Sharolyn Wood
of Harris County
Judge Sharolyn Wood
of Harris County
Judge Sharolyn Wood
of Harris County
Midland County &
District Judges
Ken Oden Travis County District
Travis County Attorney Judges
P. O. Box 1748
Austin, TX 78767
512/473-9415
David R. Richards Travis County District
Special Counsel Judges
600 W. 7th St.
Austin, TX 78701
Robert H. Mow, Jr. Judge Harold Entz
HUGHES & LUCE of Dallas County
2800 Momentum Place
1717 Main St.
Dallas, TX 75201
214/939-5500
each at the correct address on this 11th day of April, 1989.
ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF
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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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PLAINTIFFS’ FIRST SET OF INTERROGATORIES TO
DEFENDANT-INTERVENOR ENTZ
TO: Defendant-Intervenor Entz, c/o Robert H. Mow, Jr., Hughes and
Luce, 2800 Momentum Place, 1717 Main Street, Dallas, Texas 75201.
Plaintiffs, by their attorneys, pursuant to Rules 26 and 33
of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, request the Defendant-
Intervenor, or any officer, agent or employee of Defendant-
Intervenor who has such information as is available, to answer in
writing and under oath, each and every one of the following
interrogatories. Pursuant to the Court’s Order of February 27,
1989, all responses are due within fifteen (15) days after service.
These interrogatories are continuing to the extent required by Rule
26(e), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
Unless otherwise stated, the terms "identify," "identity" or
"identification" mean when used in reference to:
A. A natural person, his or her:
1. full name;
2. present or last known home and business address,
including street name and number, city or town and
state;
3. present or last known home and business telephone
number; and
4, present or last known position, job title and job
description.
B. A company, corporation, association, partnership, joint
venture, or any legal entity other than a natural person, its:
1.
2
3
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1.
2
3
4
5
full name and type of organization or entity;
address of principal place of business; and
business telephone number.
document, its:
date and title;
author;
addressee;
a precise description of the contents thereof; and
the identity of the person having possession of the
document.
D. An election, the:
1.
2.
date;
type of election, specifically state, county, city,
primary election, general election, or referendum;
identity of the person having possession of the
official returns by precinct.
The terms, "document" or "documents" mean all writing of any
kind (including the originals and all non-identical copies, whether
different from the original by reason of any notation made on such
copies or otherwise), regardless of their origin or location,
including without limitation, correspondence, memoranda, notes,
diaries, statistics, letters, telegrams, minutes, contracts,
reports, studies, applications and proposals for federal and state
financial assistance, checks, statements, receipts, returns,
summaries, pamphlets, books, charts, maps, interoffice and
intraoffice communications, notations of any sort of conversations,
bulletins, printed matter, computer printouts, teletypes, telefax,
worksheets and drafts, alterations, modifications, changes, and
amendments of any of the foregoing, graphic or aural records or
representations of any kind (including without limitation,
photographs, charts, graphs, microfiche, videotapes, recordings,
motion pictures) and electronic, mechanical or electric records or
representations of any kind (including without limitation, tapes,
cassettes, mag cards, disks, and recordings).
The term "all documents" means every document as above defined
known to you and every such document which can be located or
discovered by reasonably diligent efforts.
The term "person" means any natural person, corporation,
partnership, proprietorship, association, organization or group of
natural persons.
The terms "you" or "your" mean the Defendant-Intervenor and
all other persons acting or purporting to act on his behalf.
If a request is made for the identification of documents which
are no longer in your possession or subject to your control, state
when and what disposition was made of them.
For each interrogatory, or part of an interrogatory, which you
refuse to answer on the grounds of privilege (the term "privilege"
includes work product):
a. state the nature of the privilege and the basis upon
which the claim of privilege is made; and
b. in addition, if the claim of privilege is asserted
with regard to a document, a precise description of
the contents of the documents.
INTERROGATORY NO. 1: Please identify by name, business and
residential address, telephone number, place of employment and job
title each of the persons known to you who has any knowledge
regarding the facts that base any claim or defense that you plan
to raise in this lawsuit.
INTERROGATORY NO. 2: Please identify by name, business and
residential address, telephone number, place of employment and job
title each of the expert witnesses who you expect to call to
testify should this case go to trial and state the nature of the
testimony that you expect each expert witness to give.
INTERROGATORY NO. 3: Please state the nature of any claim or
defense that you intend to present at trial that does not arise out
of facts that took place, will take place or take place in Dallas
County.
INTERROGATORY NO. 4: Please identify by year, type of election
(general, Democratic/Republican primary, Democratic/Republican run
off), candidate and type of office each election that you claim is
relevant to your claims.
Dated: April 11, 1989
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 vm Le im
TTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFFS
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
1, Susan Finkelstein, do hereby certify that a true and
correct copy of Plaintiffs’ First Set of Interrogatories to
Defendant-Intervenor Entz 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
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. Keys
PORTER & CLEMENTS
700 Louisiana, Suite 3500
Houston, TX 77002-2730
713/226-0600
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
Judge Sharolyn Wood
of Harris County
Darrell Smith Judge Sharolyn Wood
Attorney at Law of Harris County
10999 Interstate Highway 10,
Suite 905
San Antonio, TX 78230
512/641-9944
Michael J. Wood Judge Sharolyn Wood
Attorney at Law of Harris County
440 Louisiana, Suite 200
Houston, TX 77002
713/228-5105
Mark H. Dettman Midland County &
County Attorney District Judges
P. O. Box 2559
Midland, TX 79702
915/688-1084
Ken Oden Travis County District
Travis County Attorney Judges
P. O. Box 1748
Austin, TX 78767
512/473-9415
David R. Richards Travis County District
Special Counsel Judges
600 W. 7th St.
Austin, TX 78701
Robert H. Mow, Jr. Judge Harold Entz
HUGHES & LUCE of Dallas County
2800 Momentum Place
1717 Main St.
Dallas, TX 75201
214/939-5500
each at the correct address on this 11th day of April, 1989.
ATTORNEY 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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PLAINTIFFS’ FIRST REQUEST FOR
PRODUCTION TO DEFENDANT-INTERVENOR ENTZ
TO: Defendant-Intervenor Entz, c/o Robert H. Mow, Jr., Hughes and
Luce, 2800 Momentum Place, 1717 Main Street, Dallas, Texas 75201.
Plaintiffs, by their attorneys, pursuant to Rules 26 and 34
of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, request the Defendant-
Intervenor, or any officer, agent or employee of Defendant-
Intervenor who has such information as is available, to answer in
writing and under oath, each and every one of the following
requests. Pursuant to the Court’s Order of February 27, 1989,
responses are due within fifteen (15) days after service. These
requests are continuing to the extent required by Rule 26(e),
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Furthermore, please produce any
requested documents as they are kept in the normal course of
business or organize and label them to correspond with the
categories in this request.
As used in this Request, the terms, "identify," "identity" or
"identification" mean when used in reference to:
A natural person, his or her:
1. full name;
2. present or last known home and business address,
including street name and number, city or town and
state;
3. present or last known home and business telephone
number; and
4. present or last known position, job title and job
description.
A company, corporation, association, partnership, joint
venture, or any legal entity other than a natural person,
its:
1. full name and type of organization or entity;
2. address of principal place of business; and
3. telephone number of principal place of business.
A document, its:
1. date and title;
2. author;
3. addressee;
4. a precise description of the contents thereof; and
5, the identity of the person having possession of the
document.
An election, the:
1. date;
2. type of election, specifically state, county, city,
primary election, general election, or referendum;
3. identity of the person having possession of the
official returns by precinct.
As used in this Request, the terms, "document" or "documents"
mean all writings of any kind (including the originals and all non-
identical copies, whether different from the original by reason of
any notation made on such copies or otherwise), regardless of their
origin or location, including without limitation, correspondence,
memoranda, notes, diaries, statistics, letter, telegrams, minutes,
contracts, reports, studies, applications and proposals for federal
and state financial assistance, checks, statements, receipts,
returns, summaries, pamphlets, books, charts, maps, interoffice and
intraoffice communications, notations of any sort of conversations,
bulletins, printed matter, computer printouts, teletypes, telefax,
worksheets and drafts, alterations, modifications, changes, and
amendments of any of the foregoing, graphic or aural records or
representations of any kind (including without limitation,
photographs, charts, graphs, microfiche, videotapes, recordings,
motion pictures) and electronic, mechanical or electric records or
representations of any kind (including without limitation, tapes,
cassettes, mag cards, disks, and recordings).
The term "all documents" means every document as above defined
known to you and every such document which can be located or
discovered by reasonably diligent efforts.
The term "person" means any natural person, corporation,
partnership, proprietorship, association, organization or group of
natural persons.
The terms "you" or "your" mean the Defendant-Intervenor and
all other persons acting or purporting to act on his behalf.
If a request is made for the identification of documents which
are no longer in your possession or subject to your control, state
when and what disposition was made of them.
For each request, or part of a request, which you refuse to
answer on the grounds of privilege (in this Request, the term
"privilege" includes work product):
a. state the nature of the privilege and the basis upon
which the claim of privilege is made; and
b. in addition, if the claim of privilege is asserted
with regard to a document, a precise description of
the contents of the documents.
REQUEST NO. 1: Please provide copies of all documents prepared by
an expert on your behalf in this case.
REQUEST NO. 2: Please provide copies of all documents provided to
an expert on your behalf in this case.
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
Serres
BY: eh lTE
ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFFS
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I, Susan Finkelstein, do hereby certify that a true and
correct copy of Plaintiffs’ First Request for Production to
Defendant-Intervenor Entz has been mailed via certified mail with
correct postage to:
ATTORNEY REPRESENTING
Plaintiff - Intervenors
Edward B. Cloutman, III Jesse Oliver
MULLINAX, WELLS, BAAB & Joan Winn White
CLOUTMAN, P. C. Fred Tinsley
3301 Elm
Dallas, TX 75226-9222
214/939-9222 FAX: 214/939-9229
E. Brice Cunningham Jesse Oliver
Attorney at Law Joan Winn White
777 S. R. L. Thornton Fwy, Suite 121 Fred Tinsley
Dallas, TX 75203
214/428-3793
Julius Levonne Chambers Houston Lawyers Assn.
Sherrilyn A. Ifill Francis Williams
NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Rev. William Lawson
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
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. Keys
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
Houston Lawyers Assn.
Francis Williams
Rev. William Lawson
Texas Legislative
Black Caucus
All Defendants
Judge Sharolyn Wood
of Harris County
Judge Sharolyn Wood
of Harris County
Judge Sharolyn Wood
of Harris County
Midland County &
District Judges
Travis County District
Judges
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
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Travis County District
Judges
Judge Harold Entz
of Dallas County
each at the correct address on this 11th day of April, 1989.
i
ie FOR PLAINTIFF