Clarification of the Proposed Interim Plan

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- Political Participation
Topic
- Voting Legislation and Constitutional Amendments
LDF Attorneys
Cooperating Attorneys
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Matter
- LULAC and Houston Lawyers Association v. Attorney General of Texas
Case
- LULAC and Houston Lawyers Association v. Attorney General of Texas
U.S. state
- Texas
Collection
- Case Files
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- 3eea7e33-257c-f011-b4cc-6045bdffa665

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Case Files, LULAC and Houston Lawyers Association v. Attorney General of Texas Hardbacks, Briefs, and Trial Transcript. Clarification of the Proposed Interim Plan, 1989. 3eea7e33-257c-f011-b4cc-6045bdffa665. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/bf8e4c76-1a5c-45e0-b4fc-2269201776eb/clarification-of-the-proposed-interim-plan. Accessed November 06, 2025.

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    December 29, 1989 

VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS 
  

U.S. District Clerk 

200 East Wall Street, Room 316 

Midland, Texas 79701 

Re: LULAC #4434, et al. v. Mattox, et al. 

Civil Action No. MO-88-CA-154 

Dear Sir or Madam: 

Enclosed for filing in the above-referenced matter are the original 

and one copy of a Clarification of the Proposed Interim Plan submitted by 

the attorneys for the plaintiffs and the plaintiff-intervenors from Harris 
and Dallas Counties, and by Jim Mattox, Attorney General for the State of 

Texas. 

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Renea Hicks 
Special Assistant Attorney General 

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

Enclosures  



UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS 
MIDLAND /ODESSA DIVISION 

LULAC COUNCIL #4434, et al., 
Plaintiffs, 

VS. Civil Action No. 
MO-88-CA-154 

JIM MATTOX, et al., 

Defendants. 

CLARIFICATION OF THE PROPOSED INTERIM PLAN 

The plaintiffs, the plaintiff-intervenors, and the Attorney General 

of Texas on behalf of the State of Texas hereby submit the following 

clarification of the Proposed Interim Plan: 

1, The first sentence in the third paragraph on page 3 of the 

Proposed Interim Plan under the heading "OTHER MATTERS OF 

ELECTION AND COURT ADMINISTRATION" reads as follows: "The 

right to file as a candidate for office by petition based on countywide 

signatures is retained, but any necessity of filing a petition in 

connection with filing for office are eliminated for the 1990 elections 

because of the changes occasioned by the interim plan and the 

potential for confusion to judicial candidates regarding filing 

requirements." 

2. Because ambiguity in the foregoing language may create 

confusion, the following language should be substituted in its place: 

A candidate for office in the 1990 elections must either 
file an application accompanied by the appropriate filing 
fee or an application accompanied by a petition based on 
countywide signatures that satisfies the requirements of a 
petition in lieu of a filing fee. Any state statute requiring 
both a filing fee and a petition is waived for the 1990 
elections.  



Respectfully submitted, 

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JIM MATTOX 

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

  

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ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS AND, FOR 
THIS CLARIFICATION, ON BEHALF OF 
THE ATTORNEYS FOR DALLAS 
PLAINTIFF-INTERVENORS AND THE 
ATTORNEYS FOR HARRIS PLAINTIFF- 
INTERVENORS 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 
I certify that on this 29th day of December, 1989, I sent a copy 

of the foregoing document by overnight courier to each of the 
following: William L. Garrett, Garrett, Thompson & Chang, 8300 
Douglas, Suite 800, Dallas, Texas 75225; Rolando Rios, Southwest 
Voter Registration & Education Project, 201 N. St. Mary's, Suite 521, 
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, 301 Congress Avenue, Suite 2050, 
Austin, Texas 78701; Edward B. Cloutman, III, Mullinax, Wells, Baab & 
Cloutman, P.C., 3301 Elm Street, Dallas, Texas 75226-1637; J. Eugene 
Clements, Porter & Clements, 700 Louisiana, Suite 3500, Houston, 
Texas 77002-2730; and Robert H. Mow, Jr., Hughes & Luce, 2800 
Momentum Place, 1717 Main Street, Dallas, Texas 75201. 

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