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89th 2nd Called Session
HB 4 Relating to the composition of the districts for the election of members of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Texas. 96
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League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), et al., and Alexander Green, et al., v. Greg Abbott, et al.; Brief of United States Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz as amici curiae in support of the state defendants (No. 3:21-cv-00259, asserting Texas’ mid-decade redistricting effort is proper under current law and that federal courts should not interfere; 2021 and 2025 redistricting). (Link Type: Federal Court Case)
See: https://www.cornyn.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Amicus-Brief.pdf
By U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, El Paso Division
Publication Date: September 17, 2025
  11
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), et al., v. Greg Abbott, et al.; Brooks, LULAC, and MALC plaintiffs' joint motion for preliminary injunction (No. 3:21-cv-00259, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and Mexican American Legislative Caucus joining challenge to mid-decade redistricting; HB 4, 89th 2nd C.S., Plan C2333, congressional redistricting map). (Link Type: Federal Court Case)
See: https://lrl.texas.gov/scanned/archive/2025/57734.pdf
By U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, El Paso Division
Publication Date: August 25, 2025
  19
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), et al., v. Greg Abbott, et al.; Gonzales plaintiffs' motion for preliminary junction (No. 3:21-cv-00259, initial complaint challenging mid-decade redistricting; HB 4, 89th 2nd C.S., Plan C2333, congressional redistricting map) (consolidated with 1:21-cv-00965). (Link Type: Federal Court Case)
See: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txwd.1150387/gov.uscourts.txwd.1150387.1133.2.p...
By U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, El Paso Division
Publication Date: August 24, 2025
  17
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), et al., v. Greg Abbott, et al.; Plaintiff Texas NAACP unopposed motion for leave to file a first supplement to third amended complaint (No. 3:21-cv-00259, NAACP joining challenge to mid-decade redistricting; HB 4, 89th 2nd C.S., Plan C2333, congressional redistricting map) (consolidated with 1:21-cv-01006). (Link Type: Federal Court Case)
See: https://naacp.org/sites/default/files/documents/2025-08-26%20Unopposed%20Motion%20%5Bdckt%201140_0%5...
By U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, El Paso Division
Publication Date: August 26, 2025
  19
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), et al., v. Greg Abbott, et al.; Second supplemental complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief (No. 3:21-cv-00259, Gonzales plaintiffs second challenge to mid-decade redistricting; HB 4, 89th 2nd C.S., Plan C2333, congressional redistricting map) (consolidated with 1:21-cv-00965). (Link Type: Federal Court Case)
See: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e909f4422f7a40a188de597/t/68a9b461b9558b1198921c87/175595222...
By U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, El Paso Division
Publication Date: August 23, 2025
  17
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), et al., v. Greg Abbott, et al.; State defendants' motion to dismiss the Gonzales plaintiffs' count IV Fourteenth Amendment claim (No. 3:21-cv-00259, mid-decade redistricting; HB 4, 89th 2nd C.S., Plan C2333, congressional redistricting map). (Link Type: Federal Court Case)
See: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txwd.1150387/gov.uscourts.txwd.1150387.1162.0.p...
By U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, El Paso Division
Publication Date: September 8, 2025
  12
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), et al., v. Greg Abbott, et al.; State defendants' response to Brooks, LULAC, and MALC plaintiffs' joint motion for preliminary injunction (No. 3:21-cv-00259, argues plaintiffs' motion to preliminarily enjoin implementation of Plan C2333 should be denied, HB 4, 89th 2nd C.S., congressional redistricting map). (Link Type: Federal Court Case)
See: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txwd.1150387/gov.uscourts.txwd.1150387.1197.1.p...
By U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, El Paso Division
Publication Date: September 23, 2025
  14
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), et al., v. Greg Abbott, et al.; State defendants' response to Gonzales plaintiffs' motion for preliminary injunction (No. 3:21-cv-00259, argues motions to preliminarily enjoin implementation of Plan C2333 should be denied, Texas' congressional mid-decade redistricting plan, HB 4, 89th 2nd C.S.) (Link Type: Federal Court Case)
By U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, El Paso Division
Publication Date: September 23, 2025
  12
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), et al., v. Greg Abbott, et al.; Supplemental complaint of plaintiff-intervenors' Jasmine Crockett and Al Green (No. 3:21-cv-00259, challenging mid-decade redistricting; HB 4, 89th 2nd C.S., Plan C2333, congressional redistricting map). (Link Type: Federal Court Case)
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By U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, El Paso Division
Publication Date: August 26, 2025
  14
LULAC, et al., v. Greg Abbott, et al.; State defendants' response to Gonzales plaintiffs' motion for preliminary injunction (No. 3:21-cv-00259, argues motions to preliminarily enjoin implementation of Plan C2333 should be denied, Texas' congressional mid-decade redistricting plan, HB 4, 89th 2nd C.S.) (Link Type: Federal Court Case)
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By U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, El Paso Division
Publication Date: September 23, 2025
  13
LULAC, et al., v. Greg Abbott, et al.; State defendants' response to plaintiff-intervenors and Texas NAACP's preliminary injunction (No. 3:21-cv-00259, argues motions to preliminarily enjoin implementation of Plan C2333 should be denied, Texas' congressional mid-decade redistricting plan, HB 4, 89th 2nd C.S.) (Link Type: Federal Court Case)
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By U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, El Paso Division
Publication Date: September 22, 2025
  12
Robert A. Rucho, et al. v. Common Cause, et al.; Opinion and dissenting opinion (No. 18-422, federal courts can't prevent state legislators from redistricting in ways that benefit them; North Carolina partisan gerrymandering). (Link Type: Federal Court Case)
See: https://casetext.com/case/rucho-v-common-cause-2
By U.S. Supreme Court
Publication Date: June 27, 2019
  57
Terry Petteway, et al. v. Galveston County, Texas, et al.; En banc opinion (No. 23-40582, redistricting, 'we conclude that coalition claims do not comport with Section 2's statutory language or with Supreme Court cases interpreting Section 2 [of the Voting Rights Act],' overruling Campos v. City of Baytown, 840 F.2d 1240, 1244(5th Circ. 1988), reversing the district court's judgment, and remanding for further proceedings). (Link Type: Federal Court Case)
See: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca5.216176/gov.uscourts.ca5.216176.347.1.pdf
By U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Publication Date: August 1, 2024
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