Many of the pleadings in the Hopwood v. Texas case are available here in PDF and HTML format. You can download free software to view PDF files.
UT Response to Fee Petitions (Aug. 13, 2001) PDF format
Plaintiffs' Joint Status Report (Aug. 3, 2001) PDF format
District Court Order (July 31, 2001) PDF format
Plaintiffs' Fee Petition (July 24, 2001) PDF format
UT Proposed Plan for Proceeding on Remand (July 20, 2001) PDF format
District Court Order (July 24, 2001) PDF format
Brief for Cheryl J. Hopwood and Douglas W. Carvell in Opposition (May 21, 2001) PDF format
Brief for Respondents Elliot and Rogers in Opposition (May 21, 2001) PDF format
Brief of Amici Curiae the Association of American Law Schools, The American Council on Education, the Law School Admission Council and the Graduate Management Admission Council in Support of Petitioners (April 17, 2001) PDF format
Brief of Amicus Curiae of Texas Law School Deans in Support of Petitioner's Requst for Grant of Writ of Certiorari (April 17, 2001) PDF format
Reply to Brief in Opposition (June 5, 2001) PDF Format
Petition for Writ of Certiorari (April 17, 2001) PDF format
Motion for Stay of Mandate Pending Certiorari Review
filed by the Office of the Texas Attorney General
(January 23, 2001) docket no. 98-5056 PDF
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United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Opinion
(Dec. 21, 2000) docket no. 98-5056 PDF
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Attorney General John Cornyn opinion re: effect of Hopwood
v. Texas, 78 F.3d 932 (5th Cir. 1996),
on the use of race or ethnicity as a factor in matters of student financial
assistance; reconsideration of Attorney General
Letter Opinion 97-001.
(September 3, 1999) Opinion No. JC-0107 PDF
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Reply Brief and Brief in Opposition of Plaintiff-Appellants-Cross-Appellees
Hopwood and Carvell
(May 17, 1999) docket no. 98-5056 HTML
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Reply Brief of Plaintiffs Elliott and Rogers
(May 17, 1999) docket no. 98-5056 PDF
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Brief of the State of Texas, et al.
(April 19, 1999) docket no. 98-5056 PDF format / HTML
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Petition for En Banc Consideration
(April 19, 1999) docket no. 98-5056 PDF format
Brief for Plaintiffs-appellants-Cross-Appellees Hopwood
and Carvell
(March 22, 1999) docket no. 98-5056 PDF
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Principal Brief of Plaintiffs Elliott and Rogers
(March 20, 1999) docket nos. 98-5056 & 98-50513
PDF format only: entire brief or as two smaller
files Part 1 and Part
2
Memorandum Opinion, March
20, 1998
US District Court for the Western District of Texas, Austin Division
Cheryl J. Hopwood, Douglas W. Carvell, Kenneth R. Elliott, and David A.
Rogers v. State of Texas, et al.
Docket number A 92 CA 563 SS
Judgment, March 20,
1998
US District Court for the Western District of Texas, Austin Division
Cheryl J. Hopwood, Douglas W. Carvell, Kenneth R. Elliott, and David A.
Rogers v. State of Texas, et al.
Docket number A 92 CA 563 SS
United States District Court's Decision, Aug. 19, 1994 (Plain ASCII Text)
Appellee's Brief to the Court of Appeals, February 10, 1995
Court of Appeals Decisions
Supreme Court's Decision on Petition for Writ of Certiorari, July 1, 1996
Texas Attorney General's Opinion on Hopwood, February 5, 1997