Fifth Circuit Order Granting Stay Pending Appeal

Public Court Documents
December 5, 1989

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  • Case Files, LULAC and Houston Lawyers Association v. Attorney General of Texas Hardbacks, Briefs, and Trial Transcript. Fifth Circuit Order Granting Stay Pending Appeal, 1989. 27e6c72c-257c-f011-b4cc-6045bdffa665. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/b5d407e5-3db0-432b-a388-b15b986aa6e3/fifth-circuit-order-granting-stay-pending-appeal. Accessed November 06, 2025.

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RITA RINGEL and ESTER MUNGUIA] 

Plaintiffa-Appalleas, 

versus 

HON, JIM MATTOX, 
Attornay Ganaral of the State of Texas and 

GEORGE 8, BAYOUD, JR., 
Secretary of the Stata of Tayas. 

Dafendants-Appellanta. 

  

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas 

  
pro 

Bafore GER, DAVIS and JONES, Cirguit Judgew, 
BY TRE COURTS 

IT IS ORDERED that the motion of appellants for stay pending 
appeal is GRANTED pending further orders of this court. This order, which is without prajudice to a reconsideration on motlon to dissolve depending on ‘future developments, ia untared for reasons paralleling these mtatad by us in Chimom v. Roamer, a5) 

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B. COURT OF APPEALS 
2 cous FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THEE rIPTH OIRCUIT 

DEC 5-~ 1989 
8226. ] (D.C) ICA D8 8-H) GILBERT F. RANK IEAY 

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in a spacial session of tha Lagiclature, the Court will entertain 
a motion to dissolve. 

 



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