Renea Hicks

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  www.austinaction.org/page/elpaso112604 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/26/2004    Last Visited: 5/11/2007  

  Renea Hicks, an Austin lawyer representing some of the pipeline opponents, and David Smith, Austin city attorney, said the Supreme Court was the end of the road for the legal fight.

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  Abilene Reporter News: State - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/21/2003    Last Visited: 8/21/2003  

  "You can't be arrested for exercising your First Amendment rights," said Renea Hicks, an attorney representing the Democrats.

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  Austin leaders consider redistricting options - Austin... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/18/2006    Last Visited: 7/18/2006  

  Rick Perry, Renea Hicks,
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  Renea Hicks, the lawyer representing the city and county in the congressional redistricting dispute, says he will present the council with at least three ways to respond to the various remapping proposals that have streamed into the three-judge federal court in Marshall since the U.S. Supreme Court remanded the case there in a decision June 28.
  
  That decision resolved most of the Texas redistricting fight, holding that the vast majority of congressional districts in the Lone Star State were acceptable.But it found that one -- District 23 in South Texas -- violated the Voting Rights Act, Hicks says, and another -- Austin representative Lloyd Doggett's District 25 -- is "not an adequate substitute."
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  That means the court ordered District 23 to be changed, Hicks says, but left open the possibility that Doggett's 25 may be open for redrafting, too.
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  Hicks says the city didn't propose its own map -- the county did -- but may comment on which map it endorses.
  
  They can "say nothing specific, say nothing, or say something specific," Hicks says.

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  AustinAction - Credit crunch will delay pipeline - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/26/2002    Last Visited: 2/26/2008  

  Renea Hicks, a lawyer for two landowners and a Central Texas water district opposed to the pipeline, said Williams' balance sheet raises safety concerns.
  
  "Somebody under financial pressure -- there's going to be some pressure to cut corners," Hicks said.

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  AustinAction - Informational Meeting held on Saturday - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/1/2001    Last Visited: 2/26/2008  

  Renea Hicks, an attorney representing the plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Longhorn Partners gave details about cases pending involving the pipeline, as well as other concerns.

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  AustinAction - Pipeline's start pushed back till May - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/16/2002    Last Visited: 2/26/2008  

  The delays should give the plaintiffs time to pursue an appeal that they have filed with the 5th U.S. Circuit Court, based in New Orleans, said Renea Hicks, a lawyer for the conservation district and the two landowners.
  
  The pipeline "shouldn't go through like it is without further study," Hicks said.
  
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  Borderland News - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/27/2002    Last Visited: 7/27/2002  

  But lawyer Renea Hicks, who represents the Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation District and two landowners, said the federal judge's ruling did not allay safety concerns.
  
  Sparks, a former El Paso lawyer, simply said in his ruling that he could not second-guess government agencies, Hicks said.
  
  "Our view is he was right in his view that the pipeline is a dangerous, decrepit line, which I think he clearly felt," Hicks said."But he was wrong in saying that he had to give this much deference to the judgements of the federal agencies.
  
  "He has more freedom under the law than he had read into the law," Hicks said.
  
  In his ruling, Sparks said: "Time will only tell if the mitigation measures will be sufficient to contain the dangers inherent in this decrepit pipeline, and the people and critters in its threatening shadow can only hope and pray that they will."
  
  The judge also said if the court had more authority, he would have found "it reasonable to order Longhorn to replace" a 52-year-old portion of the pipeline that crosses areas of Austin.
  
  That portion of the pipeline brought safety and environmental concerns from the city of Austin and other opponents.They sued Dallas-based Longhorn in 1998, Hicks and his clients expect to make a decision about an appeal by late next week.
  
  "I would also anticipate that we would highly likely ask (justices) to stop operation of the line in the meantime," Hicks said."Letting them start and seeing what problems there are is a way to prove our case.But we don't want to have those problems."
  
  Hicks' clients are concerned about the pipeline's impact on water quality and the safety of neighborhoods near the pipeline.
  
  "It is not a safe pipeline.
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  It's old," Hicks said.
  
  Longhorn officials contend the pipeline is safe and plan on starting operations in mid-August.
  
  "Longhorn not only exceeds the requirements of current laws and regulations, but also exceeds the additional safety requirements currently pending before Congress.In fact, after their exhaustive study of Longhorn, the federal agencies said that Longhorn,s safety plan was unprecedented in the strength and scope of its safety plan," said Don Martin, a spokesman for Longhorn.
  
  The city of Austin also is contemplating an appeal of Sparks' ruling.

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  CSPNet.com - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/17/2004    Last Visited: 9/1/2004  

  But Renea Hicks, lawyer for Barton Springs and others, said, "Odds are we won't seek further [injunction] relief."

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  Caller.com - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/24/2002    Last Visited: 7/24/2002  

  "It isn't conclusive that we're going to appeal, but it's probable," said Renea Hicks, a lawyer for the conservation district and the landowners.

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  Caller.com - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/20/2002    Last Visited: 7/20/2002  

  Renea Hicks, a lawyer for a group opposing the pipeline, said an appeal is likely.
  
  The ruling paves the way for Longhorn Partners Pipeline to begin operating its 700-mile pipeline from Houston to El Paso.
  
  "On the one end, I sympathize with the environmental issues the pipeline raises.

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