Joint Motion to Remand for Hearing on Effectuation of Settlement

    Office of the Attornep General 

State of Texas 

DAN MORALES i May 6, 1993 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 

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 a 
Joint Motion to Remand for Hearing on Effectuation of Settlement. 

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 

P.O. BOX 12548 AUSTIN, TEXAS 78711-2548 
AN EQUAL MPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY FMPLOYER 

512/463-2100 

 



  

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 
FIFTH CIRCUIT 

LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN § 
AMERICAN CITIZENS, et al., § 

Plaintiffs-Appellees, } 

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: $ : 

ATTORNEY GENERAL $ 
OF TEXAS, et al., § 

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Defendants-Appellants.  § 

JOINT MOTION TO REMAND FOR HEARING ON 
EFFECTUATION OF SETTLEMENT 

The plaintiffs LULAC Council No. 4434, et al.; Harris County plaintiffs-intervenors 

Houston Lawyers Association, et al.; Dallas County plaintiffs-intervenors Oliver, et al.; and the 

Attorney General of Texas, on behalf of the State of Texos as well as the Attorney General and 

the Secretary of State of Texas in their official capacities, hereby jointly move the Court to 

remand this case to the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, Midland- 

Odessa Division, for the limited purpose of conducting a hearing on and effectuating a 

settlement; to retain jurisdiction of the appeal in this case; and, upon notification that the 

Settlement Agreement ("Settlement") has been entered by the district court, to dismiss the 

appeals in this case. (This joint motion is patterned after the approach taken in Chisom v. 

Edwards, 970 F.2d 1408 (5th Cir. 1992).) As grounds for this motion, the above-listed parties 

state the following: 

1. The above-listed parties to this litigation desire to effect a settlement of the issues 

raised by the complaint and subsequent proceedings without the necessity for further litigation. 

The parties to this joint motion have entered into a Settlement, which they believe represents a 

fair and reasonable solution of the difficult issues presented by this action. A copy of this 

Settlement was forwarded to the Court as an attachment to the earlier-filed Notice of Action 

Toward Resolution of Appeal. 

 



  

2. In addition 0 the parties to this joint motion, the Governor of Texas, the 

Lieutenant Governor of Texas (presiding officer of the Texas Senate), and the Speaker of the 

Texas House of Representatives (presiding officer of the House) each have signed their approval 

of the Settlement. Furthermore, a majority of the both the Texas Senate and the Texas House of 

Representatives have signified their approval of the Settlement. The Senate took this step 

through a majority vote of the Senate Committee of the Whole, approving Senate Resolution 521 

on April 13, 1993, by a vote of 18-13. The House took this step through a majority vote, | 

approving House Resolution 477 on May 4, 1993, by a vote of 82-52. The plans in both the 

House and Senate are identical. Copies of the Senate and House resolutions are attached as 

Exhibits A and B, respectively. 

3. As indicated in the parts of the pn describing the districting configuration for 

Harris and Dallas Counties, the at-large seats currently occupied by the personal-capacity 

defendant-intervenors Judges Wood and Entz are left unaffected by the Settlement. That is, their 

judicial districts remain subject to at-large elections in their respective counties. 

4. It is the desire of all the parties to this joint motion to have this matter remanded 

to the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, Midland-Odessa Division, 

with instructions to the district court to conduct a hearing on and, if appropriate, effectuate the 

Settlement. 

5. Inasmuch as oral argument is scheduled for May 24, 1993, and Mhasmuch as the 

remand for hearing urged by this joint motion would make the scheduled oral argument 

unnecessary, the parties to this motion urge the Court to act upon it prior to May 24th. 

  

The legislatively-approved plan differs in two minor, technical respects from the plan 
appended to the state's Notice of Action Toward Resolution of Appeal, filed on March 29, 1993: 
the Place 4 judgeship in Travis County would be up for election in 1996 instead of 1994; and the 
Place 4 judgeship in Ector County would be up for election in 1998 instead of 2000. The 
signatory attorneys to the settlement plan indicate their assent to these two modifications through 
their signatures to this joint motion. Of those state officials who signed their approval of the 
settlement plan, the Lieutenant Governor cast his vote for approval for the plan in the Senate 
resolution. The Speaker of the House has signed H.R. 477. The Secretary of State joins this 
joint motion. The Governor of Texas has sent a letter to the Attorney General of Texas, dated 
April 30, 1993, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit C. 

2. 

 



  

Wherefore, the parties pray that this Court remand this matter to the United States District 

Court for the Western District of Texas, Midland-Odessa Division, for the purpose of conducting 

a hearing on and effectuating the Settlement attached as Exhibit A (as modified in the two 

changes to the plan referenced in footnote *) and that this Court retain jurisdiction of the appeal 

in this matter until such time as the Settlement has been approved by the district court. 

Respectfully submitted, 

DAN MORALES 
Attorney General of Texas 

WILL PRYOR 
First Assistant Attorney General 

MARY F. KELLER 
Deputy Attorney General 

aest oglns 
RENEA HICKS HE 
State Solicitor 

  

JAVIER GUAJARDO 
Special Assistant Attorney General 

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

Attorneys for State of Texas and Defendants- 
Appellants Attorney General and Secretary of State 
of Texas 

WILLIAM L. GARRETT 
Garrett & Thompson 
8300 Douglas, Suite 800 
Dallas, Texas 75225 
(214) 369-1952 

 



  

ROLANDO L. RIOS 
Milam Building, Suite 1024 
115 E. Travis Street 
San Antonio, Texas 78205 
(210) 222-2102 

  

Attorneys for Plaintiffs-Appellees LULAC Council 
#4434, et al. : 

EDWARD B. CLOUTMAN, III 
3301 Elm Street 
Dallas, Texas 75203 
(214) 939-9222 

E. BRICE CUNNINGHAM 
777 South R.L. Thornton Frwy., Suite 121 
Dallas, Texas 75203 
(214) 428-3793 

By otlaraial A Corti WL ae 
Attorneys for Plaintiff-Intervenors-Appellees “-d : A 
Oliver, et al. (Dallas County Intervenors) p+ 

  

SHERRILYN A. IFILL 
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. 
99 Hudson Street, 16th Floor 
New York, New York 10013 
(212) 219-1900 

GABRIELLE K. McDONALD 
7800 N. Mopac, Suite 215 
Austin, Texas 78750 
(512) 346-6801 

tua ted hilt 
Attorneys for Plaintiff-Intervenors-Appellees 
Houston Lawyers Association, et al. (Harris County 
intervenors) : 

  

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I certify that on the 6th day of May, 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, 

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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. Thorton 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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EXHIBIT A 

By: Ellis, Carriker S.R. No. 521 
(In the Senate - Filed March 30, 1993; March 30, 1993, read 

first time and referred to Committee of the Whole; April 13, 1993, 
reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas ' 17, Nays 13; 
April 13, 1993, sent to printer.) 

COMMITTEE VOTE 

  

Yea Nay PNV Absent 
Carriker Xx : 
Harris of Dallas x 
-Armbrister X 
Barrientos Xx 
Bivins xX 
Brown Xx 
Ellis 

Haley 
Harris of Tarrant 
Henderson 
Leedom 
Lucio X 
Luna xX 

Madla X 
Moncrief X 
Montford x 
Nelson X 
Parker X 

Patterson X 

Ratliff X 
Rosson X 
Shapiro X 
Shelley xX 
Sibley X 
Sims X 
Truan xX 

Turner 

Wentworth Xx 
West 
Whitmire 
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Bullock 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

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SENATE RESOLUTION 

WHEREAS, The United States District Court for the Western 
District of Texas .and the United States Court of Appeals for the 
Sth Circuit, on January 27, 1993, in the case of LULAC, Council No. 
4434, v. Clements, have held that the state's current method Of 
electing district court judges, as applied in several counties, 
violates Section 2 of the federal Voting Rights Act; and 

WHEREAS, The policy of the State of Texas expressed in its 
constitution and laws is that election of district court judges be 
by partisan, popular election; and 

WHEREAS, It is necessary that the policies of the state be 
consistent with requirements of federal law, and it also is 
desirable that the legislature express its preference for 
resolution of the pending litigation; now, therefore, be it 

RESOLVED, That the at-large election system for the state 
district courts in the nine affected counties will be replaced by a 
phased-in plan in which each affected county will be divided into 
electoral subdistricts; each county will be designated a district 
number and each election unit--State Representative District, 
Justice of the Peace Precinct, or County Commissioner 
Precinct--shall be designated a subdistrict place number; the plan 
entails electoral subdistricts which are smaller than a county, 
except for those district courts not changed by the Appendix 
attached to this resolution; the plan uses existing State 
Representative District, Justice of the Peace Precinct, or County 
Commissioner Precinct lines; all election subdistricts used in this 
plan are based on geographic boundaries as they existed on 

  

  

 



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S.R. No. 521 
1 January 1, 1993; and, be it further 

fl RESOLVED, That, except for those courts not expressly covered 
3 by this resolution and the attached Appendix, the State of Texas 
4 agrees to eliminate the existing at-large system of electing 
5 district judges in Dallas, Harris, Bexar, Tarrant, Travis, 
6 Jefferson, Midland, Ector, and Lubbock counties, in the manner 
7 detailed in the attached Appendix; in Harris, Dallas, Bexar, and 
8 Jefferson counties, state district judges will be elected from 
9° subdistricts comprised of Texas House of Representative Districts; 

10 in Tarrant and Travis counties, state district judges will be 
11 elected from subdistricts comprised of Justice of the Peace 
12 Precincts; and in Lubbock, Midland, and Ector counties, state 
13 district judges will be elected from subdistricts comprised of 
14 County Commissioner Precincts; the electoral scheme for some 
15 district courts, including those courts currently occupied by 
16 Defendant-Intervenor F. Harold Entz (the 194th District Court in 
17 Dallas County) and by Defendant-Intervenor Sharolyn Wood (the 127th 
18 - District Court in Harris County), are not affected by this plan and 
19 continue to be elected at-large; and, be it further 
20 RESOLVED, That each electoral subdistrict will elect one or 
21 more district judges as set out:in the attached Appendix; only 
22 those voters residing within their respective electoral subdistrict 
23 will be allowed to vote for their respective district judges; and, 
24 be it further 
25 RESOLVED, That for the party primaries: elections shall be 
26 by place and by majority vote; if no candidate receives a majority 
27 of votes cast, then the position will be filled by a run-off 
28 election between the two candidates receiving the highest number of 
29 votes cast for that position, all as provided by existing state 
30 law; for the general elections, election shall be by plurality 
31 vote, as provided by existing state law; and, be it further 
32 RESOLVED, That, consistent with the Texas Constitution, all 
33 candidates must reside in the county but not necessarily the 
34 electoral subdistrict from which they seek election; all district 
35 judges must reside in the county from which they were elected for 
36 the entirety of their term; if any district judge no longer resides 
37 in his or her county, a vacancy shall be declared, and the post 
38 filled in accordance with state law; and, be it further 
39 RESOLVED, That the electoral subdistricts created under the 
40 attached Appendix are for the purpose of election of state district 
41 judges only; no change in jurisdiction or venue rules is made; 
42 consistent with Article V of the Texas Constitution, the attached 
43 Appendix will not disturb the existing district lines of the 
44 present judicial districts, except to the extent that it creates 
45 electoral subdistricts within the aforementioned counties for the 
46 purposes of electing district judges only; and, be it further 
47 RESOLVED, That in the interim before all state district 
48 judges in the affected counties are elected under ‘this new 
49 + subdistricting plan, state district judges now in office shall 
50 continue to hold their elective position until the expiration of 
51 their respective terms; and, be it further 
52 RESOLVED, That in the interim before all state district 
53 judges in the affected counties are elected under this new 
54 subdistricting plan, state district judges elected to a court for 
55 which a subject-matter preference is statutorily provided shall 
56 continue to hear cases in accordance with that preference until the 
57 expiration of their respective terms; and, be it further 
58 RESOLVED, That there shall be no right of recusal of judges, 
59 based solely on their election under this plan; and, be it further 
60 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
61 forwarded to the attorney general of Texas as an official 
62 expression of the sentiment of the Senate of the State of Texas. 

 



  

S.R. No. 521 

Appendix to Settlement Agreement in 
LULAC v. Attorney General of Texas, 

Civil Action No. MO-88-CA-154 
(W.D. Tex) 

Appenaix to Settiement A £reeTent th 
ULAC v Attormev Genera: of Texas. 
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S.R. No. 521 

HARRIS COUNTY 
District 378 

The 378th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. The following fifty 
district courts will be elected by subdistricts that are coterminous with the twenty- 
five House Legislative seats from Harris County: 11th, 55th, 80th, 113th, 125th, 
129th, 133rd, 151st, 152nd, 157th, 164th, 165th, 174th, 176th, 178th, 179th, 180th, 
182nd. 183rd, 184th, 185th, 189th, 190th, 208th, 209th, 215th, 228th, 232nd, 234th, 
246th, 247th, 248th, 257th, 262nd, 263rd, 269th, 270th, 280th, 281st, 295th, 308th. 
309th, 314th, 315th, 333rd, 334th, 337th, 338th, 339th, and the 351st Judicial District 
Courts. ‘These courts shall be elected from the following places (two from each 
House Legislative district) at the time their regular term of office expires and shall 
give preference to the types of cases indicated:** 

  

LACE. PREFERENCE” NUMBER" 

1 Civil *HD-126 6 
2 Civil HD-127 1996 
3 Civil HD-128 1994 -— 
4 Criminal HD-129 1996 

i's Criminal = HD-130 1996 
6 Civil HD-131 1994 
7 Civil HD-132 1996 
8 Civil HD-133 1996 
9 Civil HD-134 1996 
10 Civil HD-135 1994 
11 Civil HD-136 1996 
12 Civil HD-137 1994 
13 Civil HD-138 1994 
14 Civil © HD-139 1996 
15 Civil HD-140 1996 
16 Civil HD-141 1994 

17 Civil HD-142 1994 
18 Civil HD-143 1994 
19 Civil HD-144 1996 

20 Civil HD-145 1994 
A Civil HD-146 1996 

- Civil ; HD-147 1994 

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“HD” :naicates Texas House of Representatives Districts 

Throughout this Appendix. where possible. preferences designated follow 
local custom and practice. 

Table continued... 

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S.R. No. 521 

HARRIS COUNTY (continued) 
District 378 

SUBDISTRICT UP. FOR 

23 Civil HD-148 1996 
24 Civil HD-149 1996 

25 Civil + HD-150 1996 
26 Criminal HD-126 1954 
2 Criminal HD-127 1994 
28 Criminal HD-128 1954 
29 Family HD-129 1954 
30: Juvenile HD-130 1954 
31 Criminal HD-131 1954 
32 Family HD-132 1954 
33 Juvenile HD-133 1994 

3M Criminal HD-134 1954 
35 Family HD-135 1954 
36 Criminal HD-136 1996 
37 Criminal HD-137 19594 

-38 Criminal HD-138 1994 
39 Criminal HD-139 1954 - 
40 Criminal HD-140 1994 
41 Criminal HD-141 1996 
42 Criminal HD-142 1954 
43 Criminal HD-143 1954 
44 ; Criminal HD-144 1996 
45. Criminal HD-145 1996 
46 Criminal HD-146 1904 

47 Family HD-147 1994 
48 Family HD-148 1954 
49 Criminal HD-149 : 1996 

50 Criminal HD-150 1996 

NOTE: The following courts are not affected by this Plan and shall continue to 
be elected at-large bv all voters residing in Harns County: 127th (Judge 
Sharoiyn Wood) (Civil - 1996), and bv seniority of non-minority 
incumpent: 177th (Criminal - 1996), 61st (Civil - 1996), 230th (Criminal 
- 1994), 245th (Famiv - 1994), 310th (Family - 1994), 311th (Family - 

1994), 313th (Juveniie - 1994), and the 312th (Farmuly - 1994) Judicial 

District Courts. 

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LULAC v Auormev Uesesas of Texas. A-2 
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S.R. No. 521 

DALLAS COUNTY 
District 379 

The 379th judicial District is composed of Dallas County. The following thirty-rw 
district courts shall be elected by subdistricts that are coterminous with the A 
House Legislative seats from Dallas County: 14th, 44th, 68th, 95th, 101st, 116th, 
134th, 160th, 162nd, 191st, 192nd, 193rd, 195th, 254th, 256th, 265th, 282nd, 283rd. 
291st, 292nd, 298th, 301st, 302nd, 303rd, 304th, 305th, 363rd, CD1, CD2, CD3, CD4. 
and the CDS Judicial District Courts. These courts shall be elected from the 
following places as their regular term of office Expires and shall give preference to 

  

the types of cases indicated: 

a po .. SOBDISIRICTI™ pi: 

AcE PRR RENCE. CRRARRRL | EETION- 

1 Civil HD-99 1006 
2 Civil HD-100 1994 
3 Criminal HD-101 1994 
4 Civil HD-102 1996 
5 Civil HD-103 1996 - 
6 Civil HD-104 1954 

i Civil HD-105 1954 
8 Civil HD-106 1994 
9 Civil HD-107 1994 
10 Criminal HD-108 1996 
11 Civil HD-109 1954 
12 Civil HD-110 1994 
13 Civil HD-111 1994 
14 Civil HD-112 1994 
15 Criminal HD-113 1996 

16 Civil HD-114 1994 
17 Criminal HD-99 1996 
18 Criminal HD-100 1954 

19 Juvenile HD-101 1994 

0 Criminal HD-102 1994 
ti Criminal HD-103 1994 
it Criminal HD-104 1904 
3 Family HD-105 1994 
24 Criminal HD-106 1994 

22 Criminai HD-107 1996 

Table conunuea... 

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DALLAS COUNTY (continued) 
District 379 

SUBDISTRICT UP.FOR 

26 Family HD-108 1954 
2 Family HD-109 1954 
28 Criminal HD-110 1994 
29 Juvenile HD-111 1954 
30 Family HD-112 1994 
31 Family HD-113 1994 
2 Criminal HD-114 1994 

NOTE: The following courts are not affected by this Plan and shall continue to 
be elected at-large by all voters residing in Dallas County: 194th (Judge 
F. Harold Entz) (Criminal - 1994), and by seniority of the incumbent: 
203rd (Criminal - 1994), 204th (Criminal - 1994), 255th (Family - 1994), 
and the 330th (Family - 1994) Judicial District Courts. 

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S.R. No. 521 

BEXAR COUNTY 
District 381 

The 381st Judicial District is composed of Bexar County. The following nineteen 
district courts shall be elected by subdistricts that are coterminous with the eleven 
House Legislative seats from Bexar County: 37th, 45th, 57th, 73rd, 131st, 144th, 
150th, 166th, 175th, 186th, 187th, 224th, 225th, 226th, 227th, 285th, 288th, 289th. and 
the 290th Judicial District Courts. These courts shall be elected from the following 
places as their regular term of office expires and shall give preference to the types 
of cases indicated: 

TL SUBDISTRICT. UOEFORT 

JE ve PREFERENCE NUMBER ELECTION: 

1 Civil HD-115 1954 
2 Civil HD-116 1996 
3 Criminal HD-117 1994 
4 Civil HD-118 1954 
5 Civil HD-119 1996 
é Juvenile HD-120 1994 
7 Criminal HD-121 1954 

.- 8 Civil : HD-122 1996 
9 Criminal HD-123 1994 
10 Criminal HD-124 1996 
11 Civil HD-125 1996 
12 Civil HD-120 1996 
13 Civil HD-116 1954 
14 Criminal HD-115 1994 
15 Criminal HD-117 & HD-118 - 1994 
16 Criminal HD-119 1994 

17 Civil HD-121 & HD-122 1994 
18 Civil HD-123 1994 

19 Civil HD-124 & HD-125 1994 

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S.R. No. 521 

TARRANT COUNTY 
District 380 

The 380th Judicial District is composed of Tarrant County. The following twenty- 
four district courts will be elected by subdistricts that are coterminous with the 
eight justice of the Peace Precincts from Tarrant County: 17th, 48th, 67th, 96th, 
141st, 153rd, 213th, 231st, 233rd, 297th, 322nd, 323rd, 324th, 325th, 342nd, 348th, 
352nd, 360th, 371st, 372nd, CD1, CD2, CD3, and the CD4 Judicial District Courts. 
These courts shall be elected from the following places as their regular term of 
office expires and shall give preference to the types of cases indicated: 

  

1 Civil *JP-1 1996 
2 Civil JP-2 1996 
3 Civil JP-3 1996 
4 Civil JP-4 1996 
5 Civil JP-5 1996 
6 Civil JP-6 1996 
7 Civil JP-7 1996 

-8 Civil JP-8 1996 
2 Civil JP-1 1994 - 
10 Civil JP-2 1996 
11 Criminal JP3 1954 
12 Family JP4 : 1994 
13 Criminal JP-5 C1994 
14 Criminal : JP-6 1954 
15 Criminal JP-7 1996 

16 Criminal JP-8 1994 

17 Criminal JP-1 1994 
18 Criminal JP-2 : 1994 

19 - Family 3 1994 
20 Family JP4 1994 
io Family JP-5 1994 
2 Family JP-6 1996 
23 Family P-7 : 1994 
24 Family JP-8 1994 

NOTE. The tollowing court. determined by seniority of the incumbent. is not 
affected bv this Plan and shall continue to be elected at-large by all 
voters residing in Tarrant County: 236th (Civil - 1994) Judicial District 

Court. 

* “JP” indicates justice of the Peace Precincts 

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S.R. No. 521 

TRAVIS COUNTY 
District 382 

The 382nd Judicial District is composed of Travis County. The following ten 
district courts will be elected by subdistricts that are coterminous with the five 
Justice of the Peace Precincts from Travis County: 98th, 126th, 147th, 167th, 200th, 
250th, 299th, 331st, 345th, and the 353rd Judicial District Courts. These courts shall 
be elected from the following places as their regular term of office expires and shall 
give preference to the types of cases indicated: 

  

  

1 Civil JP-1 1996 
2 Civil JP-2 1996 
3 Civil JP-3 1996 
4 Civil ‘ JP4 1996 
5 Civil JP-5 1996 
6 Criminal JP-1 1994 
7 Criminal JP-2 1994 
8 General JP-3 1994 
9 General JP4 1994 
10 Criminal JP-5 1996 

NOTE: The following courts, determined by seniority of the incumbent, are 
not affected by this Plan and shall continue to be elected at-large by all 
voters residing in Travis County: 201st (Civil - 1994), 261st (Civil - 
1994), and 53rd (Civil - 1996) Judicial District Courts. 

Appead:x to Set Agreement In 
LULAC v. Auorsev General of Texas. Ad 
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S.R. No. 521 

JEFFERSON COUNTY 
District 383 

The 383rd Judicial District is composed of Jefferson County. The following six 
district courts will be elected by subdistricts that are coterminous with the three 
House Legislative seats from Jefferson County: 58th, 60th, 172nd. 252nd, 279th, and 
the 317th Judicial District Courts. These courts shall be elected from the following 
places as their reguiar term of office expires and shall give preference to the types 
of cases indicated: 

1 Civil HD-22 1994 

2 Civil HD-19 & HD-21* 1996 

3 Criminal HD-22 1904 

4 Civil HD-19 & HD-21" 1994 

5 Family HD-22 _ -1994 
6 Family HD-19 & HD-21° 1994 

* That part that is in Jefferson County. . 

NOTE: The following courts, determined by seniority of the incumbent, are 
not affected by this Plan and shall continue to be elected at-large by all 
voters residing in Jefferson County: CD (Criminal - 1994) and the 136th 
(Civil - 1996) Judicial District Courts. 

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S.R. No. 521 

LUBBOCK COUNTY 
District 384 

The 384th Judicial District is composed of Lubbock County. The following four 
district courts will be elected by subdistricts that are coterminous with the four 
County Commissioner Precincts from Lubbock County: 99th, 140th, 237th, and the 
364th Judicial District Courts. These courts shall be elected from the following 
places as their term of office expires in the following years: Place 1 in 1998, Place 2 
in 2000, Place 3 in 1996, and Place 4 in 1998; and shall give preierence to the types of 
cases indicated: 

PEACE PREFERENCE COMMISSIONER... UP FOR 

il Co RN ELECTION" 

1 General *CC-1 1998 
2 General CC-2 2000 
3 General CC-3 1996 
4 General CC+4 1998 

NOTE: The following courts are not affected by this Plan and shall continue to 
; be elected at-large by all voters residing in Lubbock County: the 72nd 

(General - 2000) Judicial District Court (serving Crosby and Lubbock - 
Counties) and the 137th (General - 1998) Judicial District Court. 

* “CC” indicates County Commissioners Precincts 

ADOERAIR 10 detlieMment Aereement in 
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S.R. No. 521 

ECTOR COUNTY 
District 385 

The 385th Judicial District is composed of Ector County. The following four district 
courts will be elected by subdistricts that are coterminous with the four County 
Commissioner Precincts from Ector County: 70th, 161st, 244th, and the 358th 
Judicial District Courts. These courts shall be elected from the following places as 
their term of office expires in the following years: Place 1 in 1998, Place 2 in 1998, 
Place 3 in 2000, and Place 4 in 1998; and shall give preference to the types of cases 
indicated: 

PLACE" PREFERENCE COMMISSIONER UPFOR: 

1 General CC-1 1998 

2 General CC-2 ; 1998 
3 General CC-3 2000 . 
4 General : CC4 1998 

Appendix 10 Settlement Agreement in 
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S.R. No. 521 

MIDLAND COUNTY 
District 386 

The 386th Judicial District is composed of Midland County. The following three 
district courts will be elected by subdistricts that are coterminous with the four 
County Commissioner Precincts from Midland County: 142nd, 238th, and the 
318th Judicial District Courts. These courts shall be elected from the following 
places as their term of office expires in the following years: Place 1 in 1998, Place 2 
in 2000, and Place 3 in 1998; and shall give preference to the types of cases 
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Austin, Texas 

April 13, 1993 
Hon. Bob Bullock : 

President of the Senate 

Sir: 

We, your Committee of the Whole to which was referred S.R. No. 521, 
have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed to 
report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do 
pass and be printed. hi 

Carriker, Chairman 

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WITNESSES 

FOR AGAINST ON 

Name: Chief Justice Tom Phillips : x 
Representing: Himself 
City: Austin 

Name: Attorney General Dan Morales x 
Representing: Himself 
City: Austin 4 

Name: Alex Short x 
Representing: Texas Civil Justice League 
City: Austin 

    

Name: James H. Holmes III x 
Representing: Tx. Assoc. of Defense Counsel 
City: Dallas 
    

Name: Jeffrey Travillion x 
Representing: State/Local NAACP 
City: Austin 

Name: Ted B. Roberts x 
Representing: Texas Assoc. of Business 
City: Austin 

Name: Olga Lara xX 
Representing: MALDEF 
City: New Braunfels 

  

Name: Gabrielle K. McDonald x 
Representing: Houston Lawyers' Assoc. 
City: Austin : 

Name: Javier Guajardo x 
Representing: Office of the Attorney Gen. 
City: Austin 

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EXHIBIT B 

  

H.R. No. 477 

RESOLUTION 

  

  

1 WHEREAS, The United States District Court for the Western 

2 District of Texas and the United States Court of Appeals for the 

3 Sth Circuit, on January 27, 1993, in the case of LULAC, Council No. 

4 4434, v. Clements, have held that the state's current method of 

5 electing district court judges, as applied in several counties, 

6 violates Section 2 of the federal Voting Rights Act; and 

7 WHEREAS, The policy of the State of Texas expressed in its 

8 constitution and laws is that election of district court judges be 

9 by partisan, popular election; and 

10 3 WHEREAS, It is necessary that the policies of the state be 

11 consistent with requirements of federal law, and it also is 

12 desirable that the legislature express its preference for 

13 resolution of the pending litigation; now, therefore, be it 

14 RESOLVED, That .the at-large election system for the state 

15 district courts in the nine affected counties will be replaced by a 

16 phased-in plan in which each affected county will be divided into 

17 electoral subdistricts. Each county will be designated a District 

18 Number and each election unit--State Representative District, 

19 Justice of the Peace Precinct, or County Commissioner 

20 Precinct--shall be designated a Subdistrict Place Number. The plan 

21 entails electoral subdistricts which are smaller than a county, 

22 except for those district courts not changed by the Appendix 

23 attached to this resolution. The plan uses existing State 

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. Commissioner Precinct lines. All election subdistricts used in 

this plan are based on geographic boundaries as they existed on 

January 1, 1993; and, be it fuzther 

RESOLVED, That, except for those courts not expressly covered 

by this resolution and the attached Appendix, the State of Texas 

agrees to eliminate the existing at-large system of electing 

district judges in Dallas, Harris, Bexar, Tarrant, Travis, 

Jefferson, Midland, Ector, and Lubbock counties, in the manner 

detailed in the attached Appendix. In Harris, Dallas, Bexar, and 

Jefferson counties, state district judges will be elected from 

subdistricts comprised of Texas House of Representatives Districts; 

in Tarrant and Travis counties, state district judges will be 

elected from subdistricts comprised of Justice of “the Peace 

Precincts; and in Lubbock, Midland, and Ector counties, state 

district judges will be ‘elected from subdistricts comprised of 

County Commissioner Precincts. The electoral scheme for some 

district courts, including those courts currently occupied by 

Defendant-Intervenor F. Harold Entz (the 194th District Court in 

Dallas County) and by Defendant-Intervenor Sharolyn Wood (the 127th 

District Court in Harris County), are not affected by this plan and 

continue to be elected at-large; and, be it further 

RESOLVED, That each electoral subdistrict will elect one or 

more district judges as set out in the attached Appendix. Only 

those voters residing within their respective electoral subdistrict 

will be allowed to vote for their respective district judges; and, 

be it further 

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by place and by majority vote; if no candidate receives a majority 

of votes cast, then the position will be filled by .a runoff 

election between the two candidates receiving the highest number of 

votes cast for that position, all as provided by existing state 

law. For the general elections, election shall be by plurality 

vote, as provided by existing state law; and, be it further 

.RESOLVED, That, consistent with the Texas Constitution, all 

candidates must reside in the county, but not necessarily the 

electoral subdistrict from which they seek election. All district 

judges must reside in the county from which they were elected for 

the entirety of their term. If ‘any district judge no longer 

resides in his/her county, a vacancy shall be declared, and the 

post filled in accordance with state law; and, be it further 

RESOLVED, That the electoral subdistricts created under the 

attached Appendix are for the purpose of election of state district 

judges only. No change in jurisdiction or venue rules is made. 

Consistent with Article V of the Texas Constitution, the attached 

Appendix will not disturb the existing district lines of the 

present judicial districts, except to the extent that it creates 

electoral subdistricts within the aforementioned counties for the 

purposes of electing district judges only; and, be it further 

RESOLVED, That in the interim before all state district 

judges in the affected counties are elected under this new 

subdistricting plan, state district judges now in office shall 

continue to hold their elective position until the expiration of 

their respective terms; and, be it further 

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judges in the affected counties are elected under this new 

subdistricting plan, state district judges elected to a court for 

which a subject-matter preference is statutorily provided, shall 

continue to hear cases in accordance with that preference until the 

expiration of their respective terms; and, be it further 

RESOLVED, That there shall be no right of recusal of judges, 

based solely upon their election under this plan; and, be it 

further 

RESOLVED, That ‘an official copy of this resolution be 

forwarded to the attorney general of Texas as an official 

expression of the sentiment of the House of Representatives of the 

State of Texas. 

Thompson of Harris 
Cuellar of Webb 

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AS Sova, 

Speaker of Cb oni. 

  

I certify that H.R. No. 477 was adopted by the House on May 

4, 1993, by the following vote: Yeas 82, Nays 52, 1 present, not 

voting. 

  

  

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Appendix to Settlement Agreement in 
LULAC v. Attorney General of Texas, 

Civil Action No. MO-88-CA-154 
(W.D. Tex) 

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HARRIS COUNTY 
District 378 

The 378th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. The following fifty 
district courts will be eiected by subdistmcts that are coterminous with the twenry- 
five House Legislative seats from Harms County: 11th. 55th, 80th. 113th, 125th. 
129th, 133rd. 151st, 132nd. 157th. 164th. 165th. 174th. 176th, 178th, 179th, 180th, 
182nd. 183rd, 184th, 185th. 189th, 190th, 208th. 209th. 215th, 228th. 232nd, 234th. 
246th, 247th, 248th, 257th, 252nd. 253rd, 269th, 270th, 280th, 281st, 295th, 308th. 
309th, 314th, 315th, 333rd. 334th, 337th, 338th, 339th, and the 351st Judidal District 
Courts. These courts shall be elected from the following places (two from each 
House Legislative district) at the time their regular term of office expires and shall 
give preference to the types of cases indicated:** 

E31 EETOR RRR OE 

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"HD" .naicates Texas House of Representauves Districts 

re Througnout this Appendix. wnere cossidle. creferences designated follow 

i0cal custom ana cractice. 

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HARRIS COUNTY (continued) 
District 378 

SUBDISTRICT UP. FOR 

23 Civil HD-148 1996 

24 ~ Civil HD-149 1996 

2s Civil » HD-150 1996 

26 . Criminal HD-126 1994 

27 Criminal : HD-127 1994 

28 Criminal HD-128 1994 

29 Family ~  HD-129 1994 

30 Juvenile HD-130 1954 

31 Criminal HD-131 1994 

3R- Family HD-132 1954 

33 Juvenile HD-133 1954 

M4 Criminal HD-134 ; 1954 

35 Family HD-135 1954 

36 Criminal HD-136 1996 

37 Criminal HD-137 1954 

-38 Criminal HD-138 1994 

39 Crimunal HD-139 1954 

40 Criminal HD-140 1994 

41 Criminal HD-141 1996 

42 Criminal HD-142 1954 

43 Criminal HD-143 T1994 

4 Criminal HD-144 1996 

45 Criminal HD-145 1996 

16 Criminal HD-146 1994 

47 Famiiv HD-147 1994 

18 Family HD-148 1994 

19 Criminal HD-149 1996 

30 Criminal Fi0-150 1996 

NOTE: The following courts are not aifected by this Plan and shall continue to 

be elected at-large pv all voters residing in Harms County: 127th (Judge 

Sharoivn Wood) (Civil - 1996), and bv seniority of non-munority 

.ncumoent: > 7th (Crimunal - 1996), 61st (Civil - 1996), 30th (Criminal 

. 1994), -4i5th (Famuiv - 1994), 310th (Famiiv - 1994), 311th (Famuiv - 

1994), 213th (Juvenue - i994), and the 312th (Famuiy - 1994) Judicial 

Distric: Courts. 

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DALLAS COUNTY 
Distct 379 

The 379th Judicial District is composed of Dallas County. The following thirty-two 

district courts shall be eiected by subdismcts that are coterminous with the sixteen 

House Legislative seats from Dallas County: 14th, 44th, 68th, 95th, 101st, 116th. 

134th, 160th, 162nd. 191st, 192nd. 193rd. 195th, 254th. 256th. 265th. 282nd, 283rd. 

201st. 292nd. 298th, 301st. 302nd. 303rd. 304th, 305th. 363rd. CD1, CD2, CD3. CDA4. 

and the CDS Judicial District Courts. These courts shall be elected from the 

following places as their regular term of office expires and shall give preference to 

the types of cases indicated: 

= ig SUBDISTRICT... UPEOR? 
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1 Civil HD-99 1996 

2 Civil HD-100 1994 

3 Criminal HD-101 . 1994 

4 Civil : hE HD-102 1996 

5 Civil HD-103 1996 -— 

6 Civil HD-104 1954 

4 Civil HD-105 1994 

8 Civil HD-106 1994 

>) Civil HD-107 1994 

10 Criminal HD-108 1996 

11 Civil HD-109 1994 

12 Civil HD-110 1994 

13 Civil HD-111 1954 

14 Civil HD-112 1994 

1S Criminal HD-113 1996 

16 5 Clu) HD-114 1994 

17 Criminal HD-99 1996 

18 Criminal HD-100 1954 

19 Juvenile HD-101 1994 

- Criminal HD-102 1994 

| Criminal HD-103 1994 

. Criminai HD-104 1994 

x Famiiv ~ HD-105 1994 

23 Criminai HD-106 1994 

= Criminal © HD-107 1996 

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DALLAS COUNTY (continued) 
District 379 

SUBDISTRICT UP’ FOR™ 

26 Family HD-108 1994 

pr Family HD-109 1994 

28 Criminal HD-110 1994 

29 + Juvenile HD-11 1954 

30 Family HD-112 1954 

kK) Family HD-113 1994 

32 Criminal HD-114 1994 

NOTE: The following courts are not affected by this Plan and shall continue to 

be elected at-large by all voters residing in Dallas County: 194th (Judge 

F. Harold Entz) (Criminal - 1994), and by seniority of the incumbent: 

203rd (Criminal - 1994), 204th (Criminal - 1994), 255th (Family - 1994), 

and the 330th (Family - 1994) Judicial District Courts. 

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BEXAR COUNTY 
District 381 

The 381st Judicial District is composed of Bexar County. The following nineteen 

district courts shall be elected by subdistricts that are coterminous with the eleven 

House Legislative seats irom Bexar County: 37th. 45th, 57th, 73rd, 131st, 144th. 

150th, 166th. 175th. 186th. 187th, 224th, 225th, 226th, 227th. 285th, 288th. 289th. and 

the 290th Judidal District Courts. These courts shall be elected from the following 

places as their regular term of office expires and shall give preference to the types 

of cases indicated: 

SUBDISTRICT... UEFORD 

Phat PREFERENCE . NUMBER: ELECTION: 

1 Civil : HD-115 1954 

2 Civil. HD-116 1996 

3 Criminal HD-117 1994 

4 Clvil HD-118 1954 

S Civil HD-119 1996 

6 Juvenile HD-120 1954 

7 Criminal HD-121 1954 

8 Civil i HD-122 1996 

9 Criminal HD-123 1954 

10 Criminal ~~ HD-124 1996 

5 | Civil HD-125 1996 

12 Civil HD-120 1996 

13 Civil HD-116 1994 

14 : Criminal HD-115 1994 

135 Criminal HD-117 & HD-118 : 1994 

16 Criminal HD-119 1994 

17 v CIvEl HD-121 & HD-122 1994 

18 Civil HD-123 1994 

19 Civil HD-124 & HD-125 1994 

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TARRANT COUNTY 
SE 380 

The 380th Judicial District is composed of Tarrant County. The following twenty- 

four district courts will be elected by subdistricts that are coterminous with the 

eight Justice of the Peace Precincts from Tarrant County: 17th, 48th, 67th, 96th. 

141st, 153rd, 213th, 231st, 233rd. 297th, 322nd, 323rd, 324th. 325th. 342nd, 348th. 

352nd. 360th. 371st, 372nd. CD1, CD2, CD3, and the CD4 Judicial District Courts. 

These courts shall be elected from the following places as their regular term of 

office expires and shall give preference to the types of cases indicated: 

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PLACE PREFERENCE = PEACEPRECINCT.  ELECTIONT 

1 Civil *JP-1 1996 

: Civil JP-2 1996 

3 Clvil JP-3 1996 

4 Civil JP-4 1996 

5 Civil JP-5 1996 

6 Civil JP-6 1996 

7 Civil JP-7 1996 

-8 Civil JP-8 1996 

Civil JP-1 1994 

10 Civil JP-2 1996 

11 Criminal JP-3 1994 

12 Family JP-4 1994 

13 Criminal JP-5 1994 

14 Criminal JP-6 1994 

15 Criminal JP-7 1996 

16 Criminal JP-8 1954 

17 .~ Criminal JP-1 1994 

18 Criminal JP-2 1954 

19 Family JP-3. 1994 

20 Family JP4 1994 

21 Family JP-5 1994 

2 Family JP-6 1996 

a3 Family JP-7 1994 

24 Family : JP-8 1994 

NOTE. The rollowing court. cetermned by seniority of the incumbent. is not 

aifectea bv tus Plan and shall conunue to be elected at-large Dv ail 

voters residing in Tarrant County: 236th (Civil - 1994) Judicial Distnc: 

Court. 
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TRAVIS COUNTY 
District 382 

The 382nd Judicial District is composed of Travis County. The following ten 

district courts will be elected by subdistricts that are coterminous with the five 

Justice of the Peace Precincts from Travis County: 98th, 126th, 147th, 167th, 200th, 

250th, 299th, 331st. 345th, and the 353rd Judicial District Courts. These courts shall 

be elected from the following places as their regular term of office expires and shall 

give preference to the types of cases indicated: 

  

  

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6 Criminal JP-1 1994 

7 Criminal JP-2 1994 

8 General JP-3 1994 

9 General JP4 1994 

10 Criminal JP-5 1996 

NOTE: The following courts, determined by seniority of the incumbent, are 

not affected by this Plan and shall continue to be elected at-large by all 

voters residing in Travis County: 201st (Civil - 1994), 261st (Civil - 

1994), and 53rd (Civil - 1996) Judicial District Courts. 

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JEFFERSON COUNTY 
District 383 

The 383rd Judicial District is composed of Jefferson County. The following six 

district courts will be elected by subdistricts that are coterminous with ths three 

House Legislative seats irom Jefferson County: 58th, 60th. 172nd. 252nd, 279th, and 

the 317th Judicial Distmect Courts. These courts shall be elected from the following 

places as their reguiar term of office expires and shall give preference to the types 

of cases indicated: 

1 Civil . HD-2 1994 

2 Civil HD-19 & HD-21* 1996 

3 Criminal HD-22 1994 

4 Civil HD-19 & HD-21° 1954 

5 Family HD-22 19% 
6 Family © HD-19 & HD-21° 1994 

* That part that is in Jefferson County. 

NOTE: The iollowing courts, determined by seniority of the incumbent, are 

not aifected by this Plan and shall continue to be elected at-large by all 

voters residing in Jefferson County: CD (Criminal - 1994) and the 136th 

(Civil - 1996) Judicial District Courts. hy 

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LUBBOCK COUNTY 

District 384 

The 384th Judicial District is composed of Lubbock County. The following four 

district courts will be elected by subdistricts that are coterminous with the four 

County Commissioner Precincts from Lubbock County: 99th, 140th, 237th, and the 

364th Judicial District Courts. These courts shall be elected from the following 

places as their term of office expires in the following years: Place 1 in 1998, Place 2 

in 2000. Place 3 in 1996, and Place 4 in 1998; and shall give preference to the types of 

cases indicated: kL 

  

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NOTE: The following courts are not affected by this Plan and shall continue to 

; be elected ‘at-large by all voters residing in Lubbock County: the 72nd 

(General - 2000) Judicial District Court (serving Crosby and Lubbock 

Coundes) and the 137th (General - 1998) Judicial District Court. 

» “CC” indicates County Commissioners Precncts 

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ECTOR COUNTY 
District 385 

The 385th Judicial District is composed of Ector County. The following four district 

courts will be elected by subdistricts that are coterminous with the four County 

Commissioner Precincts from Ector County: 70th, 161st, 244th, and the 358th 

Judicial District Courts. These courts shall be elected from the following places as 

their term of office expires in the following years: Place 1 in 1998, Place 2 in 1998, 

Place 3 in 2000, and Place 4 in 1998; and shall give preference to the types of cases 

  

indicated: 

1 General CcC-1 1998 

2 General CC-2 1998 

3 General : CC-3 2000 

4 General CC 1998 

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MIDLAND COUNTY 
District 386 . 

The 386th Judicial District is composed of Midland County. The following three 
district courts will be elected by subdistricts that are coterminous with the four 

County Commissioner Preancts from Midland County: 142nd, 238th, and the 

318th judicial District Courts. These courts shall be elected from the following 

places as their term of office expires in the following years: Place 1 in 1998, Place 2 

in 2000, and Place 3 in 1998; and shall give preference to the types of cases 

indicated: 

  

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STATE OF Texas 
OFFicE OF THE GOVERNOR 

AusTIN, TEXAS 78711 
ANN W, RICHARDS 

GOVERNOR * 

     

April 30, 1993 

The Honorable Dan Morales 
Attorney General of Texas 
Price Daniel Building 
8th Floor 
Austin, Texas 78701 

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Dear General Morales: 

On March 24, 1993, I signed the settlement agreement in 
LULAC, et al. v. Clements, et al., which is the 
judicial districts case currently pending before the 
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. 
It has been brought to my attention that the settlement 
agreement changed in two minor respects after I signed 
it: (1) the Place 4 judgeship in Travis County would be 
up for election in 1996 instead of 1994; and (2) the 
Place 4 judgeship in Ector County would be up for 
election in 1998 instead of 2000. The purpose of this 
letter is to reiterate my support ‘for the settlement 
agreement in light of se minor modifications.     

    

ANN W. RICHARDS 
Governor 

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