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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. 109
Legal Documents
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League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), et al., v. Greg Abbott, et al.; Dissent from the memorandum opinion and order granting preliminary injunction (No. 3:21-cv-00259, mid-decade congressional redistricting map, HB 4, 89th 2nd C.S.). (Link Type: Federal Court Case)
See: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txwd.1150387/gov.uscourts.txwd.1150387.1439.0_1...
By U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, El Paso Division
Publication Date: November 19, 2025
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League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), et al., v. Greg Abbott, et al.; Memorandum opinion and order granting preliminary injunction (No. 3:21-cv-00259, preliminarily enjoining Texas from using the mid-decade congressional redistricting map, HB 4, 89th 2nd C.S.). (Link Type: Federal Court Case)
See: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txwd.1150387/gov.uscourts.txwd.1150387.1437.0_1...
By U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, El Paso Division
Publication Date: November 18, 2025
  15
Terry Petteway, et al. v. Galveston County, Texas, et al.; En banc opinion (No. 23-40582, separate minority groups cannot “aggregate their populations” when challenging potentially discriminatory congressional maps, and each group's case must be analyzed separately; redistricting, overruling Campos v. City of Baytown, 840 F.2d 1240, 1244 (5th Circ. 1988); coalition districts). (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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Terry Petteway, et al., v. Galveston County, et al.; Findings of fact and conclusions of law and order (No. 3:22-cv-00057, finds 2021 commissioners court precinct map adopted by the Galveston County Commissioners Court violates the Voting Rights Act). (Link Type: Federal Court Case)
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By U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Galveston Division
Publication Date: October 13, 2023
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Terry Petteway, et al., v. Galveston County, et al.; Opinion (No. 23-40582, affirming the district court's judgment that finds 2021 commissioners court precinct map adopted by the Galveston County Commissioners Court violates the Voting Rights Act). (Link Type: Federal Court Case)
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By U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Publication Date: November 10, 2023
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Terry Petteway, et al., v. Galveston County, et al.; Order (No. 3:22-cv-00057, granting the plaintiffs' emergency motion and adopting Map 1 as the remedial plan for the 2024 election). (Link Type: Federal Court Case)
See: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txsd.1860846/gov.uscourts.txsd.1860846.267.0.pd...
By U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Galveston Division
Publication Date: November 30, 2023
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Terry Petteway, et al., v. Galveston County, Texas, et al.; Application to vacate stay denied (No. 23A521, granting Galveston County's application to use new district maps for the 2024 election; consolidated case with Dickinson Bay Area Branch NAACP, et al., v. Galveston County, Texas, et al., No. 23A523). (Link Type: Federal Court Case)
See: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23a521_f2ah.pdf
By U.S. Supreme Court
Publication Date: December 12, 2023
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Other
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Letter to Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton, RE: Unconstitutional race-based congressional districts (flagging four left-leaning Texas congressional seats and raising concerns over the legality of their racial makeup; redistricting, SB 6, 87th 3rd C.S., PLAN C2193). (Link Type: Letter)
See: https://lrl.texas.gov/scanned/archive/2025/57372.pdf
By Assistant U.S. Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon and Deputy U.S. Assistant Attorney General Michael E. Gates / U.S. Department of Justice
Publication Date: July 7, 2025
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