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Houston Lawyers' Ass'n v. Texas Attorney Gen.

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Julius LeVonne Chambers (on behalf of the Petitioners)
Renea Hicks (on behalf of the Respondents)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
90-813
Petitioner: 
Houston Lawyers' Ass'n
Respondent: 
Texas Attorney Gen.
Consolidation: 
No. 90-974
Heard By: 
Rehnquist Court (1990-1991)
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1991)
Opinion: 
501 U.S. 419 (1991)
Argued: 
Monday, April 22, 1991
Decided: 
Thursday, June 20, 1991
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Voting Rights Act of 1965

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The Oyez Project, Houston Lawyers' Ass'n v. Texas Attorney Gen. , 501 U.S. 419 (1991)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_90_813)
(last visited Wednesday, November 25, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 6 votes for Houston Lawyers' Ass'n, 3 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Voting Rights Act of 1965

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Voted with the majority
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Voted with the majority
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Voted with the majority
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Wrote a dissent
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Voted with the minority, joined Scalia's dissent
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Voted with the majority
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Full Opinion by Justice John Paul Stevens