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To: Dog Gone
Will the Victoria suit be combined with the Tyler suits?
6 posted on 10/15/2003 8:39:35 PM PDT by deport (The Many, The Proud, The Winners)
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To: deport
Will the Victoria suit be combined with the Tyler suits?

Well, it won't be included with the Balderas motion, since that is front of the three-judge panel that drew the map in 2001. If that panel refuses jurisdiction, it certainly makes sense to combine all the suits into a single action at the District Court level.

Which court that would be is unclear, although the Tyler court did receive the suits before the Victoria court did.

I still think there's a chance that the three-judge panel in Laredo could end up with the case, but it's less likely as time passes. If the Republicans had quickly filed a motion before that court seeking a declaratory judgment that the map does not violate the VRA, the odds would have been higher.

My guess is that a District Court will hear the challenges first.

15 posted on 10/16/2003 5:38:36 AM PDT by Dog Gone
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