LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS, DISTRICT 19, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF BOERNE; Patrick R. Heath, Mayor; R.L. Bien, All in Their Official Capacities as Members of the City Council for the City of Boerne, Kendall County, Texas; Donald L. Gourley, All in Their Official Capacities as Members of the City Council for the City of Boerne, Kendall County, Texas; Ann Reissig, All in Their Official Capacities as Members of the City of Boerne, Kendall County, Texas; Ben Stafford, All in Their Official Capacities as Members of the City of Council for the City of Boerne, Kendall County, Texas; Randy Bedwell, All in Their Official Capacities as Members of the City Council for the City of Boerne, Kendall County, Texas, Defendants-Appellees, v. Michael R. Morton, Intervenor-Appellant [2012]

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