Case Name: Avinash RANGRA; Anna Monclova, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Frank D. BROWN, District Attorney; Greg Abbott, Texas Attorney General, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-09-10
Citations: 584 F.3d 206
Docket Number: No. 06-51587
Parties: Avinash RANGRA; Anna Monclova, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Frank D. BROWN, District Attorney; Greg Abbott, Texas Attorney General, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before JONES, Chief Judge, and KING, JOLLY, DAVIS, SMITH, WIENER, BARKSDALE, GARZA, BENAVIDES, STEWART, DENNIS , CLEMENT, PRADO, OWEN, ELROD, SOUTHWICK and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 584
Pages: 206–211

Head Matter:
Avinash RANGRA; Anna Monclova, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Frank D. BROWN, District Attorney; Greg Abbott, Texas Attorney General, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 06-51587.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Sept. 10, 2009.
Arvel Rodolphus Ponton, III, Law Office of Rod Ponton, Alpine, TX, Dick W. De- Guerin, DeGuerin & Dickson, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
John Steven Houston, Alpine, TX, for Brown.
James C. Ho, Sean Jordan, James C. Todd, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, TX, for Abbott.
Scott N. Houston, Austin, TX, for Texas Municipal League, Texas Attorneys’ Ass’n, Amici Curiae, and The Illinois Muicipal League, The South Dakota Municipal League, The Nat. League of Cities and the Intern. Municipal Lawyers Ass’n.
Kyle Duncan, Baton Rouge, LA, for Am-ici Curiae: States of LA, AL, AZ, FL, IN, MI, MT, CO, ID, IL, MS, NE, NM, OH, ND, VA, SD, HI, TN and State of OK.
Lucy A. Dalglish, Arlington, VA, for Amici Curiae: Reporters Committee For Freedom of the Press, Associated Press, Student Press Law Ctr., Ass’n of Alternative Newsweeklies, Society of Professional Journalists and others.
Before JONES, Chief Judge, and KING, JOLLY, DAVIS, SMITH, WIENER, BARKSDALE, GARZA, BENAVIDES, STEWART, DENNIS , CLEMENT, PRADO, OWEN, ELROD, SOUTHWICK and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.
DENNIS, Circuit Judge dissents.

Opinion:
BY THE COURT:
IT IS ORDERED that this case is DISMISSED for mootness.