Post Submission Brief

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Includes Correspondence from Clements to Clerk.

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- Political Participation
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- Voting Legislation and Constitutional Amendments
LDF Attorneys
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- LULAC and Houston Lawyers Association v. Attorney General of Texas
Case
- LULAC and Houston Lawyers Association v. Attorney General of Texas
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- Texas
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- Case Files
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- 598590fe-1e7c-f011-b4cc-6045bdffa665

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Case Files, LULAC and Houston Lawyers Association v. Attorney General of Texas Hardbacks, Briefs, and Trial Transcript. Post Submission Brief, 1991. 598590fe-1e7c-f011-b4cc-6045bdffa665. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/d39ddcb5-8026-41b2-b524-ca585f14906c/post-submission-brief. Accessed November 07, 2025.

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    PorTER & CLEMENTS 
NCNB CENTER 

  

700 LOUISIANA, SUITE 3500 

  
  

ATTORNEYS ’ MAILING ADDRESS: 

A PARTNERSHIP INCLUDING HOUSTON, TEXAS 77002-2730 P.O.BOX 4744 
PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS 

HOUSTON, TX 77210-4744 

TELEPHONE (713) 226-0600 

J. EUGENE CLEMENTS, P.C. TELECOPIER (713) 228-1331 

PARTNER TELEX 775-348 

(713) 226-0606 

April 22, 1991 

FEDERAL EXPRESS O/N DELIVERY 
  

Hon. Joseph F. Spaniol, Jr., Clerk 
The Supreme Court of the United States 

One First Street N.E. 

Washington, D.C. 20543 

Re: Nos. 90-813 and 90-974; Houston Lawyers’ 
Association, et al. v. 

Attorney General of Texas, et al.; 

and 

League of United Latin American Citizens, 

et al. and Jesse Oliver, et al. v. Jim 

Mattox, et al.; In the United States 

Supreme Court 

Dear Mr. Spaniol: 

Enclosed are an original and ten copies of Respondent Judge Sharolyn Wood’s Post 

Submission Brief in the above entitled and numbered cause. Also enclosed are an original 

and ten copies of a Certificate of Service. 

By copy of this letter, we are forwarding a copy of the above mentioned documents 

to counsel of record herein by first class mail, postage prepaid. 

Yours very truly, 

   PR & CLEMENTS 
So -, 

      Eugene Clements 

JEC:dmc 

Enclosures 

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Hon. Joseph F. Spaniol, Jr. 
April 22, 1991 
Page 2 

cc: All Counsel of Record, w/encl. 
(See attached list) 

PorRTER & CLEMENTS 

 



  

Mr. Michael J. Wood 

Attorney at Law 

440 Louisiana, Suite 200 

Houston, Texas 77002 

Mr. David C. Godbey, Jr. 

Mr. Robert H. Mow, Jr. 

Hughes & Luce 

2800 Momentum Place 

1717 Main Street 

Dallas, Texas 75201 

Mr. Seagal V. Wheatley 

Mr. Donald R. Philbin, Jr. 

Oppenheimer, Rosenberg, Kelleher & Wheatley 
711 Navarro Street, 6th Floor 

San Antonio, Texas 78205 

Mr. William L. Garrett 

Garrett, Thompson & Chang 

8300 Douglas, Suite 800 

Dallas, Texas 75225 

Mr. Rolando L. Rios 

Attorney at Law 

201 N. St. Mary’s, Suite 521 

San Antonio, Texas 78205 

Ms. Susan Finkelstein 

Attorney at Law 

201 N. St. Mary’s, Suite 624 

San Antonio, Texas 78250 

Ms. Gabrielle K. McDonald 

Matthews & Branscomb 

301 Congress Ave., Suite 2050 

Austin, Texas 78701 

 



  

Mr. Renea Hicks 

Mr. Javier Guajardo 

Special Asst. Atty. Generals 

P. O. Box 12548, Capitol Station 
Austin, Texas 78711 

Mr. Edward B. Cloutman, II 

Cloutman, Albright & Bowen 

3301 Elm Street 

Dallas, Texas 75226-1637 

Ms. Sherrilyn A. Ifill 

NAACP Legal Defense and 

Education Fund, Inc. 

99 Hudson Street, 16th Floor 

New York, New York 10013 

Mr. E. Brice Cunningham 

Attorney at Law 

777 South R.L. Thornton Freeway 

Suite 121 

Dallas, Texas 75203 

Mr. R. James George 

Mr. John M. Harmon 

Ms. Margaret H. Taylor 

Graves, Dougherty, et al. 

P. O. Box 98 

Austin, Texas 78767 

Mr. Joel H. Pullen 

Kaufman, Becker, Pullen & Reibach 

2300 NCNB Plaza 

300 Convent Street 

San Antonio, Texas 78205 

Mr. Gerald H. Goldstein 

Goldstein, Goldstein & Hilley 

29th Floor, Tower Life Bldg. 

San Antonio, Texas 78205 

 



Mr. Mark H. Dettman 

Attorney at Law 

Post Office Box 2559 

Midland, Texas 79702 

Mr. John L. Hill, Jr. 

Mr. Andy Taylor 

Liddell, Sapp, Zivley, Hill & Laboon 

3300 Texas Tower 

Houston, Texas 77002 

Mr. Michael Ramsey 

Ramsey & Tyson 

2120 Welch 

Houston, texas 77019 

Mr. Daniel J. Popeo 

Mr. Paul D. Kamenar 

Mr. Alan M. Slobodin 

1705 N. Street, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20036 

Mr. Paul Strohl 

Attorney at Law 
100 Founders Square 

900 Jackson Street 

Dallas, Texas 75202 

Mr. Daniel M. Ogden 

Attorney at Law 

900 Chateau Plaza 

2515 McKinney Avenue 

Dallas, Texas 75201 

Hon. Richard Thornburgh 

Attorney General of the 

United States 

United States Department of Justice 
Main Justice Building 

10th & Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20530 

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NOS. 90-813 and 90-974 

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER TERM, 1990 

HOUSTON LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATION, ET AL. 

Petitioners 

Vv. 

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS, ET AL. 

RESPONDENTS. 

LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS, ET AL., 

Petitioners, 

v. 

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS, ET AL., 

Respondents. 

POST SUBMISSION BRIEF 
  

Judge Sharolyn P. Wood, Respondent herein, would respectfully 

call to the Court’s attention, as she noted in her Motion to Divide 

Oral Argument time, that the Attorney General for the State of 

Texas, for his own political or psychological reasons, did not urge 

support for the Fifth Circuit’s majority opinion. Had such a 

position been taken by an attorney in private practice, the 

Attorney General’s position would have constituted legal malprac- 

tice. Having not had an opportunity to argue, Judge Wood can only 

respectfully and emphatically urge that the Court study her Reply  



  

Brief and the majority opinion of Judge Thomas Gee which Judge Wood 

believes constitute the proper basis for a decision of this 

important case. 

Accordingly, Judge Sharolyn Wood prays that the Court clearly 

and unequivocally affirm the en banc opinion of the Fifth Circuit. 

Respectfully submitted, 

    
    

= 
. Eugene Clements Te 
CNB Center 

. Box 4744 

700 Louisiana Street 
Houston, Texas 77210-4744 

(713) 226-0600 
FAX: (713) 228-1331 

  

  

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT /INTER- 
VENOR/DEFENDANT JUDGE SHAROLYN WOOD 

OF COUNSEL: ’ 

Evelyn V. Keyes 
PORTER & CLEMENTS 
700 Louilsiana, Suite 3500 
Houston, Texas 77002-2730 

Telephone: (713) 226-0600 

Facismile: (713) 228-1331 
MICHAEL J. WOOD 
440 Louisiana, Suite 200 
Houston, Texas 77002 

Telephone: (713) 228-5101 

Facsimile: (713) 223-9133 

 



IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER TERM, 1990 

HOUSTON LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATION, ET AL. 

Petitioners 

Vv. 

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS, ET AL. 

RESPONDENTS. 

LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS, ET AL., 

Petitioners, 

Vv. 

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS, ET AL., 

Respondents. 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 
  

This is to certify that on the 22nd day of April, 1991, three 

true and correct copies of the Post Submission Brief for Judge 

Sharolyn Wood, Respondent were served by first class U.S. mail on 

each party represented by the following: 

Mr. David C. Godbey, Jr. 
Mr. Robert H. Mow, Jr. 

Hughes & Luce 
2800 Momentum Place 
1717 Main Street 
Dallas, Texas 75201 

Mr. Seagal V. Wheatley 
Mr. Donald R. Philbin, ‘Jr. 
Oppenheimer, Rosenberg, Kelleher & Wheatley 
711 Navarro Street, 6th Floor 
San Antonio, Texas 78205  



  

Mr. William L. Garrett 
Garrett, Thompson & Chang 
8300 Douglas, Suite 800 
Dallas, Texas 75225 

Mr. Rolando L. Rios 
Attorney at Law 
201 N. St. Mary‘’s, Suite 521 
San Antonio, Texas 78205 

Ms. Susan Finkelstein 
Attorney at Law 
201 N. St. Mary’s, Suite 624 
San Antonio, Texas 78250 

Ms. Gabrielle K. McDonald 
Matthews & Branscomb 

301 Congress Ave., Suite 2050 
Austin, Texas 78701 

Mr. Renea Hicks 
Mr. Javier Guajardo 
Special Asst. Atty. Generals 
P. O. Box 12548 

Capitol Station 
Austin, Texas 78711 

Mr. Edward B. Cloutman, II 

Cloutman, Albright & Bowen 
3301 Elm Street 
Dallas, Texas 75226-1637 

 



  

Ms. Sherrilyn A. Ifill 
NAACP Legal Defense and 

Education Fund, Inc. 
99 Hudson Street, 16th Floor 
New York, New York 10013 

Mr. E. Brice Cunningham 
Attorney at Law 
777 South R.L. Thornton Freeway 
Suite 121 

Dallas, Texas 75203 

Hon. Richard Thornburgh 
Attorney General of the 

United States 
United States Department of Justice 

Main Justice Building 
10th & Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 
Washington, D.C. 20530 

Ti 

NEI LS i 
  

/ J. EUGENE CLEMENTS 
«ATTORNEY OR RECORD FOR RESPONDENT 

HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT 
JUDGE SHAROLYN WOOD 

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