U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 2009

Rangra v. Brown

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Decided July 27, 2009 · Barksdale, Benavides, Clement, Davis, Dennis, Elrod, Garza, Haynes, Jolly, Jones, King, Owen, Prado, Smith, Southwick, Stewart, Wiener

576 F.3d 531; 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 16738; 2009 WL 2232640 (Federal Reporter, Third Series)

Counsel

Arvel Rodolphus Ponton, III (argued), Law Office of Ron Ponton, Alpine, TX, Dick W. DeGuerin (argued), DeGuerin & Dickson, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants., John Steven Houston (argued), Alpine, TX, for Brown., ' Sean Jordan (argued), James C. Todd, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of Atty. Gen., Gen. Lit. Div., Austin, TX, for Abbott., Scott N. Houston, Austin, TX, for Texas Mun. League, Texas City Attorney’s Ass’n, Amici Curiae., Joseph Robert Larsen, Ogden, Gobson, Broocks & Longoria, Houston, TX, for Freedom of Info. Foundation of Texas, Inc., Amicus Curiae., Lucy A. Dalglish, Arlington, VA, for Reporters Committee for Freedom of Press., Kyle Duncan, Baton Rouge, LA, for State of La., State of Ala., State of Ariz., State of Fla., State of Ind., State of Mich., State of Mont., State of Colo., State of Idaho., State of 111., State of Miss., State of Neb., State of N.M., State of Ohio, State of N.D., State of Vir., State of S.D., 111. Mun. League, S.D. Mun. League, Nat. League of Cities, Intern. Mun. Lawyers Ass’n.

Cases that cite this one

10 later published cases cite this decision.

Asgeirsson v. Abbott (District Court, W.D. Texas 2011)
Carrigan v. Commission on Ethics (Nev. 2010)
Werkheiser v. Pocono Township (District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania 2016)
Ex Parte James Richard "Rick" Perry (Tex. App. 2015)
Perry, Ex Parte James Richard "Rick" (Tex. App. 2015)
Melville v. Town of Adams (District Court, D. Massachusetts 2014)
City of Alpine, TX v. Greg Abbott (5th Cir. 2012)
City of Alpine, TX v. Greg Abbott (5th Cir. 2012)
Asgeirsson v. Texas Attorney General (5th Cir. 2012)
Rangra v. Brown (5th Cir. 2009)

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Opinion of the Court

BY THE COURT:

A member of the court having requested a poll on the petitions for rehearing en banc, and a majority of the circuit judges in regular active service and not disqualified having voted in favor,

It is ordered that this cause shall be reheard by the court en banc with oral argument on a date hereafter to be fixed. The Clerk will specify a briefing schedule for the filing of supplemental briefs.

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