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IN THE
Supreme Court of the United States
October Term, 1980
No.
W.C. McDANIEL, ET AL..,
Petitioners
V.
JOSE SANCHEZ, ET AL.,
Respondents
RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION TO PETITION FOR
WRIT OF CERTIORARI
TEXAS RURAL LEGAL ADD, INC.
504 Sidney Baker St.
Kerrville, Texas 78028
(512) 896-4316
ROBERT J. PARMLEY
Attorney for Respondents
Davip G. HALL
TEXAS RURAL LEGAL ADD, INC.
103 E. Third St.
Weslaco, Texas 78596
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QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW
1. Did the Court of Appeals err in holding that a pro-
posed reapportionment plan, submitted by a local legisla-
tive body in response to an invalidation of a prior plan,
does not lose its status as a legislative rather than court-
ordered plan for purposes of the preclearance provisions
of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. 1972(c) merely
because it is the product of litigation conducted in a
federal forum?
2. Did the Court of Appeals err in holding that a new
reapportionment plan enacted by a state, including one
purportedly adopted in response to the invalidation of the
prior plan by a federal court, will not be considered
effective as law until it has been submitted and has re-
ceived clearance pursuant to the preclearance provisions
of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. 1973(c)?
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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STATEMENT OF THE CASE ....................0.. 1
SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENT .................. 3
REASONS FOR DENYING THE WRIT ..............
I. No Significant Conflict Exists Among The Circuits
Below In Differentiating Legislative Apportionment
Plans Pursuant to Wise and Court-Ordered Plans
Pursuant to East Carroll. .......... 6.00 cee eee 4
II. The Instant Case Does Not Involve Issues Of
National Significance. ................0eeeeeee 5
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LIST OF AUTHORITIES
CASES Page
Burns v. Richardson, 384 U.S. 73 (1966) ............... 7,8
Connor v. Coleman, 440 U.S. 612 (1979) ............4.. 4
Dowlen v. Rigsby, 43 S.W. 271 (Tex. Ct. Civ. App. 1897) 13
East Carroll Parish School Board v. Marshall, 424 USS.
Ene aban eebrsiapececccccevess cited throughout
Lipscomb v. Wise, 399 F.Supp. 782 (N.D. Tex. 1975) ... 9
Lipscomb v. Wise, 551 F.2d 1043 (Sth Cir. 1977) ........ 9
Marshall v. Edwards, 582 F.2d 927 (1978), cert. den. 442
es Ces a aba cé bbs vecvecssecenes 3,5,8
Wilson v. Weller, 214 S.W.2d 473 (Tex. Ct. Civ. App.
DU UGMEMAEE SEs cab cdecdorccrererviccscoesccvccess 12, 13,14
Wise v. Lipscomb, 437 U.S. 535 (1978) ........... cited throughout
Zimmer v. McKeithen, 467 F.2d 1381, 1383 (Sth Cir. 1973) 8
Zimmer v. McKeithen, 485 F.2d 1297, 1301 (1973) ...... s
TEXAS CONSTITUTION
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TEXAS ELECTION CODE
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MISCELLANEOUS
U.S. Code, Cong. & Admin. News, 94 Cong., Ist Sess. 1975,
Vol. 2, p. 784, 785, Sen. Rpt. No. 94-295, p. 18, 19 .... 15
Supreme Court of the United States
October Term, 1980
No.
W.C. McDANIEL, ET AL.,
Petitioners
V.
JOSE SANCHEZ, ET AL.,
Respondents
RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION TO PETITION FOR
WRIT OF CERTIORARI
Respondents, Jose Sanchez, Israel Trevino, Natividad
De La Rosa, and Santos De La Rosa and the classes they
represent, respectfully pray that Petitioners’ Petition For
Writ Of Certiorari to review the judgment and opinion
of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Cir-
cuit entered on April 14, 1980, in Fifth Circuit Cause
No. 80-1108, be denied.
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Pursuant to Rules 22 and 34.2 of the Supreme Court,
the Respondents, while not concurring totally with the
Petitioners’ characterization of the facts, will not restate
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the case beyond correcting the following inaccuracies
and omissions:
Testimony from the December 10, 1979 hearing on
the plan revealed that the Petitioners, in fulfillment of
their legislative duty to reapportion, decided to employ
a statistician, Robert Nash, Ph.D., to assist them in the
drafting of a new redistricting plan, (R. 8, 21, 22).
After hiring Dr. Nash, the Petitioners gave him instruc-
tions on how to draft the redistricting plan, which he
followed, (R. 22, 25, 26). After at least three meetings
with the Petitioners, in both formal Commissioners Court
meetings and informal meetings, Dr. Nash completed the
plan, (R. 23, 24). He then presented the plan to the
Commissioners Court at a formal meeting called in the
ordinary course of that legislative body’s business. After
explaining the plan to the Petitioners, Dr. Nash was asked
by the Petitioners to make a correction, which he did,
(R. 25, 26). The Petitioners then officially adopted the
plan at a formal meeting as the plan they would submit
to the district court, (R. 40), and the plan they would
officially adopt if the district court permitted them to do
so, (R. 40, 41). When asked why the Commissioners
Court did not consider either of Respondents’ plans, the
County Judge stated the Commissioners Court would
rather “redistrict ourselves” if given the opportunity by
the district court, (R. 42, 43).
On January 14, 1980, the district court entered an
order adopting the Petitioners’ plan without modification.
The district court found the plan satisfied the principle
of one-person, one-vote but made no finding in relation
to the dilution of minority voting rights and at the same
time found that Section 5 preclearance was unnecessary,
(Appendix, p. A-22).
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SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENT
No significant conflict exists between the courts below
in differentiating legislative apportionment plans pursuant
to Wise v. Lipscomb, 437 U.S. 535 (1978) and court-
ordered apportionment plans pursuant to East Carroll
Parish School Board v. Marshall, 424 U.S. 636 (1976).
Indeed, the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is so
certain of the difference between Wise and East Carroll,
as applied to the facts of the instant case, that they
summarily reversed the district court and denied a re-
hearing and a rehearing en banc. Because there is no
significant confusion of the law in the courts below and
because the facts of this case do not raise any new issues
previously unresolved by this Court, this case cannot be
considered to be of national importance and certiorari
should be denied.
REASONS FOR DENYING THE WRIT
The Petitioners argue that sound judicial discretion
dictates that a writ of certiorari should be issued because
of a perceived inability on the part of the Court of
Appeals to accurately distinguish between a court-ordered
plan and a legislative or court-adopted plan in light of
this Court’s rulings in Wise v. Lipscomb, supra, and East
Carroll Parish School Board v. Marshall, supra. Addition-
ally, the Petitioners argue that this apparent confusion
will generate even more uncertainty in the wake of 1980
reapportionment litigation. After a brief comparison of
the instant case to East Carroll, Wise and Marshall v.
Edwards, 582 F.2d 927 (1978), cert. den. 442 U.S. 909
(1979), the Petitioners conclude that the present case
involves a court-ordered plan which is not subject to the
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Section 5 preclearance requirement as the Petitioners
interpret the legislative history of the Voting Rights Act.
Respondents disagree with this analysis and in support
thereof offer the following points and authorities:
I.
No Significant Conflict Exists Among The Cir-
cuits In Differentiating Legislative Apportionment
Plans Pursuant To Wise And Court-Ordered Plans
Pursuant to East Carroll.
After this Court’s per curiam decision in East Carroll,
confusion existed over the definition of a legislative appor-
tionment plan and a court-ordered apportionment plan.
The confusion partially was a result of this Court’s brief
discussion of a court-ordered plan vis-a-vis a legislative
plan in dicta found in footnote 6 of East Carroll. Since
the decision in East Carroll, however, this Court has
clarified the pre-existing confusion, Wise, supra, and Con-
nor v. Coleman, 440 U.S. 612 (1979). In Wise, a de-
cision rendered just two terms ago, this Court, in a lengthy
opinion, explained the difference between the two types
of election plans, providing much needed guidance to
the courts below.
The Petitioners argue that the Court of Appeals for the
Fifth Circuit has incorrectly interpreted East Carroll and
Wise and that therefore this Court should intervene and
supply assistance. The Petitioners are no. arguing that a
conflict exists among the various circuit courts of appeal.
Indeed, this researcher could find no cases outside of the
Fifth Circuit that discuss the difference between a court-
ordered apportionment plan and a legislative apportion-
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ment plan in relation to Wise and East Carroll. If any
confusion exists, then, the confusion must be found within
the Fifth Circuit itself. However, with the exception of
Marshall v. Edwards, 582 F.2d 927 (Sth Cir. 1978)
cert. den. 442 U.S. 909 (1979), there have been no Fifth
Circuit cases that were decided with a dissenting vote on
the issue of whether or not an apportionment plan is
court-ordered or legislative in character. The instant case
is typical. The Fifth Circuit in a per curiam opinion, sum-
marily reversed the district court’s categorization of the
instant plan as a court-ordered plan; a categorization
reached simply because the plan was prepared during the
course of litigation. A rehearing and a rehearing en banc
was denied. Apparently, none of the twenty-four judges
in active service on that court perceived any confusion
with regard to the issue at hand. The Petitioners’ argu-
ment for clarity in the midst of what they perceive as
confusion amounts to nothing more than an illusory
argument which will not support a grant of certiorari.
II.
The Instant Case Does Not Involve Issues of
National Significance.
The Petitioners’ argument-that this case presents issues
of national significance is premised on their claim that
confusion exists in the courts below, which this Court
should clarify. As stated earlier, the confusion in the
courts below created by this Court’s dicta in East Carroll
has been clarified by this Court’s later ruling in Wise.
Hence, this case lacks national significance and certiorari
should be denied. And, assuming, arguendo, that a con-
flict exists in the courts below, the issues and facts raised
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by this case would be of no assistance in clarifying Wise
or East Carroll.
The issue raised on appeal below was restricted to the
district court’s order dated January 10, 1980, wherein the
court reasoned that because the “Kleberg County Com-
missioners’ Court did not reapportion the Commissioners’
Court precincts on their own authority, but instead did
so in response to a court order,” the reapportionment plan
“is a court-ordered plan rather than a court-adopted plan
and therefore is not subject to the preclearance provisions
of the Voting Rights Act.” (Emphasis added) (Appendix,
district court’s order, p. A-23; also see framing of the
issue On appeal by the Court of Appeals, p. A-27). It
was this issue alone that the Court of Appeals decided
and it is this issue alone that was raised by the district
Court’s order. (Appendix, p. A-23, A-27).
The Petitioners argue in their petition matters which
were never considered in the district court’s order and the
Court of Appeals’ decision. (Appendix, p. A-21, A-26).
The Petitioners apparently have chosen to expound on new
theories of relief which may prove more fruitful to them
at this juncture of the case. This type of free-for-all appel-
late approach urged by the Petitioners should be dis-
couraged because it does a disservice to the district court
and the Court of Appeals as well as to the integrity of
the appellate process. Indeed, Justice White, when an-
nouncing the decision of this Court in Wise, declined to
consider the impact of Section 5 to that case, where the
State of Texas becarne subject to the Voting Rights Act
while the case was on appeal, because the “Court of
Appeals did not deal with it one way or another.” Wise,
supra, 437 U.S. at 547. This decision was supported by
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all of the Justices and the Chief Justice of this Court.
Wise, supra, 437 U.S. 547, 549, 550. Similarly this Court
should decline the petitioners’ invitation to review matters
of the first instance which were not presented to the
district court and the Court of Appeals. For these reasons,
Petitioners’ request for certiorari should be denied without
further consideration.
However, should this Court desire to pursue issues not
previously determined by the courts below then Respond-
ents would contend that this case is controlled by the
decision in Wise v. Lipscomb, supra, not by the dicta
found in a footnote in this Court’s per curiam decision
in East Carroll.
In East Carroll, the district court adopted an at-large
reapportionment plan without discussing the relative
merits or demerits of a single-member plan. This Court
held that when United States district courts are “put to
the task of fashioning reapportionment plans to supplant
concededly invalid state legislation”, single-member dis-
tricts are to be perferred absent unusual circumstances.
And, that “in shaping remedial relief” the district court
abused its discretion in not initially ordering a single-
member reapportionment plan, East Carroll, supra, 424
U.S. at 639, 640. Additionally, in dicta found in a foot-
note in East Carroll, the applicability of Section 5 of the
Voting Rights Act to legislative and court-ordered elec-
tion plans is discussed. This dicta apparently is the result
of issues raised solely in the amicus brief of the United
States, which neither of the parties briefed or argued.
In the footnote discussion of legislative plans and court-
ordered plans no mention whatsoever is made of Burns v.
Richardson, 384 U.S. 73 (1966). Burns involved a legis-
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lative apportionment plan where the legislative body
lacked authority to enact the plan, consequently, the plan
had to be implemented by court order. Because of the
failure of the East Carroll per curiam opinion to cite
Burns, Respondents agree with Justice Powell in his con-
curring opinion in Wise, that East Carroll should be read
as turning on its peculiar facts, Wise, supra, 437 US.
at 549,
Several facts in East Carroll which were determinative
of that plan becoming a court-ordered plan do not exist
in the instant case. First, the submission of the plan was
“precipitated” by the court after the 1970 census was
published and was not the result of having the existing
apportionment scheme declared unconstitutional, as in
the instant case, thereby increasing the level of judicial
involvement in East Carroll, Zimmer v. McKeithen, 485
F.2d 1297, 1301 (1973). Second, the plan in East
Carroll that was submitted was not a legislative plan, but
rather a resubmission of the judicially-inspired “consent
decree” plan of 1968, unlike the legislatively-created plan
in the instant case, Marshall v. Edwards, 582 F.2d 927,
929 (1978), cert. den. 442 U.S. 909 (1979). Third, the
plan in East Carroll that was submitted was not adopted
by the legislative body, as in the instant case, (R. 40,
41); instead, it was endorsed by only a few members of
the legislative body, Zimmer v. McKeithen, 467 F.2d
1381, 1383 (Sth Cir. 1973). And, finally, the enabling
legislation which would have permitted the parish police
jury to propose an at-large system was opposed by the
Attorney General under Section 5; hence, the jury could
not propose a constitutionally valid plan nor did the jury
have the authority to enact a constitutionally valid plan.
Here, however, the Petitioners hired an expert, consulted
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with him and were the architects of a plan that the district
court acquiesced in adopting. Furthermore, the Petitioners
had the authority to enact the plan, as is more fully
explained below.
The Petitioners also argue that Wise v. Lipscomb, 437
U.S. 535 (1978) does not apply to the instant case. In
Wise, an action was brought by certain minority-race
residents of Dallas, Texas, against the mayor of Dallas
and members of the Dallas city council. The district court
held that the at-large system of electing city council mem-
bers, as mandated in the city charter, unconstitutionally
diluted the voting strength of black citizens. The court
then afforded the city council an opportunity to prepare
a constitutional reapportionment plan. Thereafter, the city
council proposed an ordinance that would provide for
eight council members to be elected from single-member
districts and for the remaining three members, including
the mayor, to be elected at large. The district court then
approved the plan and the city council formally enacted
the ordinance. Later the district court issued an opinion
sustaining the council’s plan as a valid legislative act, not-
withstanding state constitutional and statutory provisions
requiring a referendum vote to amend the city charter.
Lipscomb v. Wise, 399 F.Supp. 782 (N.D. Tex. 1975).
On appeal, however, the Court of Appeals reversed, hold-
ing that the district court had erred by evaluating the
council’s actions only under constitutional standards
rather than also applying the principle that absent excep-
tional circumstances, “judicially imposed” sreapportion-
ment plans should employ single-member districts. Lips-
comb v. Wise, 551 F.2d 1043 (Sth Cir. 1977). The
Supreme Court reversed and remanded. Although unable
to agree on an opinion, six members of the Court agreed
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that the “eight/three” ordinance was a “legislative plan”
to be judged under the relatively more lenient constitu-
tional standards, rather than a “judicial plan”, subject to
the stricter standards requiring single-member districts
in the absence of special circumstances.
Justice White announced the judgment of the Court,
and in an opinion joined by Justice Stewart, expressed the
view that when the district court invalidated the pro-
visions of the Dallas city charter mandating at-large
council elections, the city had the duty to devise a sub-
stitute plan rather than to leave the matter to the district
court. The court also found that the district court was
entitled to consider the city council’s substitute plan under
the principles applicable to legislatively adopted reappor-
tionment plans rather than judicially imposed plans.
Furthermore, the Court observed that even though the
council itself had no power to change the at-large system
as long as the city charter was declared unconstitutional,
the council was free to exercise its inherent legislative
powers by enacting the eight/three plan. In conclusion
this Court found that council’s ordinance should not be
regarded as a court-ordered plan subject to a level of
scrutiny more stringent than that required by the Con-
stitution.
Justice Powell, joined by Chief Justice Burger, and
Justices Blackmun and Rehnquist, concurring in part and
concurring in the judgment, agreed that the reapportion-
ment plan adopted by the Dallas City Council was a
“legislative” plan for purposes of review by a federal
court. They further expressed the view that the plan was
“legislative” regardless of whether the council had the
power under state law to reapportion itself, the essential
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point being that the city council had exercised a legisla-
tive judgment which reflected the policy choices of the
elected representatives of the people rather than the
directive of a federal court.
Justice Marshall, joined by Justices Brennan and
Stevens, dissenting, expressed the view that since the
Dallas city council had no authority under state law to
reapportion itself, the plan ordered by the district court
Should have been evaluated in accordance with the federal
common law of remedies applicable to judicially devised
reapportionment plans. Even if the plan were properly to
be viewed as a “legislatively enacted” plan, it should not
be approved, since the nature of the underlying violation
invalidating the original apportionment system under the
city charter was the dilution of the voting power of a
racial minority resulting from the effects of at-large vot-
ing, and thus it was inappropriate either for the local
legislative body or a court to respond with more of the
same.
The facts found in the majority opinion in Wise
parallel the facts in the instant case. First, when the
district court found the Kleberg County apportionment
plan unconstitutional, the court, citing Wise, deferred
judicial imposition of a plan pending action by the legis-
lative body to reapportion itself. The legislative body
in the instant case responded to its duty and decided,
when given the opportunity, to “redistrict ourselves”.
(Testimony of Kleberg County Judge, W. C. McDaniel,
R. 43). The Commissioners Court then adopted a plan
for presentation to the district court as the plan they
officially wanted and would, if permitted by the district
court, adopt, (R. 40, 41). Second, the plans presented
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in the instant case and in Wise were not in violation of
any federal law, unlike the Section 5 opposition in East
Carroll. Third, the Commissioners Court had the author-
ity and enabling legislation to propose the plan they did
and to act as the city council had in Wise.
Petitioners argue that Tex. Elec. Code Ann., art. 2.04,
which pertains to the redrawing of election precincts,
constitutes a restriction on the powers granted the Com-
missioners Court in the Texas Constitution. Specifically,
Petitioners argue that Art. 2.04 of the Texas Election
Code prohibits the redrawing of election precincts except
in a July or August term of the Commissioners Court,
and since their plan was proposed in November, the Com-
missioners Court was without authority to act. The Peti-
tioners rely on Wilson v. Weller, 214 S.W.2d 473 (Tex.
Ct. Civ. App. 1948) for authority.
Petitioners in their argument overlook the fact that
the Commissioners Court redefined the county precinct
lines in the instant case without modifying the boundaries
of the election precinct lines, (R. 50). In Texas, “com-
missioner court precincts” or “county precincts” are com-
posed of electoral sub-units, known as “election precincts”
or “voting precincts”. Pursuant to Art. 5, Section 18 of
the Texas Constitution, “commissioners court precincts”
or “county precincts” are creations of the Texas Constitu-
tion while “election precincts” or “voting precincts” are
statutorily created. Texas Elec. Code Ann., art. 2.04.
Since the Commissioners Court did not redefine the
boundaries of the election precincts, they were not re-
stricted by Art. 2.04 of the Texas Election Code and were
free to act under Art. 5, Section 18 of the Texas Con-
stitution.
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Under Art. 5, Section 18 of the Texas Constitution
the Commissioners Court is vested with the power and
authority to divide the county “from time to time, for the
convenience of the people, into precincts”, no more than
eight and no less than four. This provision of the Con-
stitution, among other things, applies to the redistricting
of county precinct lines. As the Court of Civil Appeals
said in Dowlen v. Rigsby, 43 S.W. 271 (Tex. Ct. Civ.
App. 1897); “When the (Commissioners) court was once
established, no legislation was needed to enable it to
exercise the powers given by the above provision (Art. 5,
Section 18 of the Texas Constitution), to divide the
county into precincts. The direction is plain and simple,
and without condition or restriction, except that as to
the number of precincts.” Ibid. at 273. To date, this
interpretation of the law is still in effect. Even the Peti-
tioners’ own authority, Wilson, supra, makes it clear that
the Commissioners Court had the power and authority
to act in the instant case.
In Wilson, the Commissioners Court redistricted two
commissioners court precincts as well as two voting pre-
cincts on June 7, 1948. An action was brought challeng-
ing the authority of the Commissioners Court to issue
the redistricting order. The Court of Civil Appeals upheld
the issuance of an injunction by the District Court and
found that the redistricting was improper because the
Commisioners Court not only redistricted the county
precincts, but also redistricted the voting precincts. In its
opinion, the Court of Civil Appeals cited Rigsby, saying:
Appellants rely upon State ex rel. Dowlen v.
Rigsby, 17 Tex. Civ. App. 171, 43 S.W. 271,
opinion by Judge Williams, who afterwards served
with distinction as a member of the Supreme Court.
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In the case cited, it was held that under the constitu-
tional grant of power contained in Article 5, section
18 of the Texas Constitution, Vernon’s Ann. St., a
commissioners’ court could divide the county into
commissioners’ precincts and justice precincts when-
ever said court was of the opinion that the con-
venience of the people would be served thereby. In
the Rigsby case it does not appear that election
precincts were affected by the order there involved,
or that the commissioners’ court sought to transfer
territory from one voting precinct to another. In the
present case election precincts are involved and the
order of June 7, 1947, insofar as it relates to election
precincts is ineffective and void.
Wilson, supra, at 474.
Finally, the Petitioners argue that the legislative history
of the Voting Rights Act indicates that the plan in the
instant case should not be subject to Section 5 preclear-
ance. Respondents disagree. The legislative intent behind
the enactment of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act was
that cases like the instant one be precleared pursuant to
Section 5 rather than escape preclearance under equitable
jurisdiction of a district court. This is clearly expressed
in the Senate Report on the Voting Rights Act Extension,
which states in part:
Thus, for example, where a federal district court
holds unconstitutional an apportionment plan which
predates the effective date of a coverage under the
Voting Rights Act, any subsequent plan ordinarily
would be subject to Section 5 review. In the typical
case, the court either will direct the governmental
body to adopt a new plan and present it to the court
for. consideration or else itself choose a plan from
among those presented by various parties to the liti-
gation. In either situation, the court should defer
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its consideration of—or selection among—any plans
presented to it until such time as these plans have
been submitted for Section 5 review. Only after such
review should the district court proceed to any
remaining fourteenth or fifteenth amendment ques-
tions that may be raised.
U.S. Code, Cong. & Admin. News, 94 Cong., Ist Sess.
1975, Vol. 2, p. 784, 785, Sen. Rpt. No. 94-295, p.
18, 19.
Certainly it was never intended by the authors of the
Voting Rights Act that a plan could be adopted by a
district court without a finding on the issue of dilution
by either the district court or the United States Attorney
General as in the instant case.
CONCLUSION
For the reasons set out above, Respondents pray that
the petition for writ of certiorari be denied.
Respectfully submitted,
TEXAS RURAL LEGAL AID, INC.
504 Sidney Baker St.
Kerrville, Texas 78028
(512) 896-4316
ROBERT J. PARMLEY
Attorney for Respondents
Davip G. HALL
TEXAS RURAL LEGAL AID, INC.
103 E. Third St.
Weslaco, Texas 78596
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