Legal Opinion
Perez v. Abbott
District Court, W.D. Texas
Decided May 2, 2017No. SA-11-CV-360PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED ORDER *
XAVIER RODRIGUEZ, District Judge and ORLANDO L. GARCIA, District Judge:
This Order addresses Plaintiffs’ claims against the plan for the United States House of Representatives (“congressional plan” or “Plan C185”) enacted by the Texas Legislature in 2011, following a full trial on the claims.1 Plaintiffs mount both statewide claims2 and regional claims, specifically in the South/West Texas area, Dallas-Fort Worth area, and Houston area, under § 2 of the Voting Rights Act (“VRA”) and the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.3
Before turning to the merits, the…
2Cases cited81 opinions
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- 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
- Bartlett v. StricklandSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
- Personnel Administrator of Mass. v. FeeneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Joseph Thomas v. Phil BryantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2019
- Joseph Thomas v. Phil BryantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2019
- Georgia State Conference of the NAACP v. GeorgiaDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 2017
- Perez v. AbbottDistrict Court, W.D. Texas · 2017
- Madera v. DetznerDistrict Court, N.D. Florida · 2018
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