Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State Bd. of Elections, No. 15-680 (U.S. March 1, 2017) In this U.S. Supreme Court redistricting case, the Court held the lower courts misapplied the standard for determining whether race was an impermissible factor in redrawing district lines. This
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City of Plano, Texas, et al. v. Elizabeth Carruth, et al. 05-16-00573-CV (Tex. App— Dallas, February 23, 2017) This is a referendum case where the Dallas Court of Appeals dismissed all but one of the Plaintiffs’ claims under a plea to the
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The City of Houston and its Current Mayor, Sylvester Turner v. Allen Mark Dacus and Elizabeth C. Perez, 14-16-00123-CV(Tex. App–– Houston[ 14th District], February 9,2017) This is an election case involving posting of an alleged misleading charter amendment where the law of
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City of Houston and Annise D. Parker v. Phillip Paul Bryant and James Scarborough,01-16-00273-CV( Tex.App— Dallas, January 12, 2017) This is an election contest case where the First Court of Appeals out of Houston held Texas Election Code §233.008 (requiring process be
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City of Galena Park, Et Al. v. Barry Ponder, 14-15-00708-CV (Tex.App— Houston [ 14th Dist.] October 25, 2016) In this suit to compel a charter amendment election, the 14th Court of Appeals reversed the granting of a summary judgment which favored the
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The City of Cleveland et al., v. Keep Cleveland Safe, 09-15-00076-CV (Tex. App—Beaumont, July28, 2016) Plaintiff, Keep Cleveland Safe (“KCS”) filed a petition attempting to stop the City from placing an issue on the ballot for the May 2014 election regarding photographic
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Evenwel v. Abbott 14-940 (U.S. April 4, 2016). This is a voter rights case where the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed that Texas can utilize total state population in drawing district lines instead of voter-eligible population. Texas draws its legislative districts on the
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Annise D. Parker, Mayor, Anna Russell, City Secretary, and City of Houston v. David B. Wilson 01-15-00687-CV (Tex. App. – Houston, [1st Dist.] March 10, 2016) This is a mandamus case involving a referendum and whether the City Secretary had a duty
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Jody Weiderman v. The City of Arlington, 02-15-00120-CV (Tex. App. – Fort Worth, September 17, 2015). This is an election case where the Second Court of Appeals upheld the granting of a plea to the jurisdiction essentially holding a citizen could not
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In Re Jared Woodfill et al, 14-0667 (Tex. July 24, 2015) This is a mandamus action to compel a referendum to repeal the City of Houston’s “equal rights ordinances” be placed on the November ballot. This dispute concerns the duties of the
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