Lopez et al v. Abbott et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

2:16-cv-00303

Court:

Texas Southern

Nature of Suit:

Civil Rights: Voting

Firms

  1. September 13, 2018

    Latinos Can't Force Change To Texas High Court Elections

    A Texas federal judge said Wednesday that Latino candidates' lack of success in at-large elections to the state's two highest courts was due more to partisanship than to race, rejecting a challenge by an advocacy group and several Hispanic individuals.

  2. April 04, 2017

    Texas Must Face Latinos' High Court Election Process Suit

    A Texas federal judge on Monday said the state's governor and secretary of state cannot escape a lawsuit by Latino voters over the allegedly discriminatory process for electing judicial officials at the state's two top appeals courts, finding their federal voting rights law allegations to be plausible.

  3. July 21, 2016

    Latinos Sue Texas Gov. Over High Courts' Election Process

    A group of Latino Texans sued the governor and secretary of state Wednesday in federal court, contending that an at-large method of elections for the state's two top appeals courts is unfair to Latino voters and results in a denial of their full participation in the voting process.

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