Special contributing author Laura Mueller, City Attorney for Dripping Springs Hotze v. Sylvestor Turner, Mayor and City of Houston, Texas., No. 14-19-00959-CV (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] Oct 12, 2021). In this appeal from a trial court’s summary judgment in favor of the
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Carruth, et al v Henderson, 05-19-01195-CV (Tex. App. – Dallas, July 22, 2020). This is a mandamus action (and second interlocutory opinion) where the Dallas Court of Appeals issued a mandamus against the City Secretary of the City of Plano regarding a
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Laura Pressley v Geregorio Casar, 17-0052 (Tex. January 25, 2019) This is an election contest case for a city council seat where the losing party and her attorney were sanctioned for bringing a frivolous claim. The Texas Supreme Court reversed the award
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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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Marc Veasey, et al., v. Greg Abbott et al., v. United States of America, et al. 14-41127 (5th Cir. July 20, 2016) This is a Voter Rights Act case where the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals invalidated SB 14 from 2011
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