Legal Opinion
State of Texas v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 18, 2015No. 14-5151PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge MILLETT.
MILLETT, Circuit Judge:
The State of Texas appeals the district court’s award of attorneys’ fees to three intervenors in Texas’s lawsuit under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, 52 U.S.C. § 10304. Rather than file a memorandum of points and authorities opposing the three separate motions for attorneys’ fees as expressly required by court rules, Texas filed a three-page “Advisory” that presented only a brief contention that the Supreme Court’s invalidation of Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act in Shelby County v. Holder,-U.S.-, 133 S.Ct.…
2Cases cited52 opinions
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3Cited by65 opinions
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