Legal Opinion
In Re Perry
Texas Supreme Court
Decided October 22, 2001No. 01-0979PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice O’Neill
When the Texas Legislature adjourned without enacting redistricting plans for the Texas Senate and Texas House of Representatives, that responsibility was constitutionally delegated to the Legislative Redistricting Board (“LRB”). Tex. Const, art. Ill, § 28. The LRB accordingly formulated senate and house redistricting plans, which various parties have challenged in the Travis County district court. This mandamus proceeding arises out of the plaintiffs’ attempt to depose three members of the LRB and their aides regarding their “consideration of and/or formulation of’ those redistricting plans.…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. VolpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Washington v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Forrester v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Tenney v. BrandhoveSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
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3Cited by55 opinions
- Joe v. Two Thirty Nine Joint VentureTexas Supreme Court · 2004
- Hays County v. Hays County Water Planning Partnership, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2003
- Ware v. Miller, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2002
- Weatherford v. City of San Marcos, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2005
- Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission v. FieldsCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2003
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