Rise of Judicial Management in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 1955-2000

List of Abbreviations

Abbreviations aclu American Civil Liberties Union agif American G.I. Forum aisd Austin Independent School District armas Advocating Rights for Mexican American Students ausa assistant U.S. attorney bhca Bank Holding Company Act bndd Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs ccisd Corpus Christi Independent School District cisd [Driscoll] Consolidated Independent School District cjra Civil Justice Reform Act cra Civil Rights Act dea Drug Enforcement Agency dibb Deposit Insurance Bridge Bank dohsa Death on the High Seas Act dpd Dallas Police Department dtpa Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act eeoc Equal Employment Opportunity Commission fbi Federal Bureau of Investigation fbn Federal Bureau of Narcotics fdic Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation fela Federal Employees’ Liability Act firrea Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act fisa Financial Institutions Supervisory Act flsa Fair Labor Standards Act fm farm-to-market ftca Federal Tort Claims Act hew Department of Health, Education, and Welfare hidta High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas hisd Houston Independent School District hpd Houston Police Department xiv abbreviations ia internal affairs ina Immigration and Naturalization Act ins U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service irca Immigration Reform and Control Act isd Independent School District iwa Independent Workers’ Association kkk Ku Klux Klan lads Legal Aid and Defender Society ldf Legal Defense Fund lhwca Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act lulac League of United Latin-American Citizens maec Mexican American Education Council maldef Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund mayo Mexican American Youth Organization mla Migratory Labor Act naacp National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ncc National Credit Corporation nfwa National Farm Workers Association occ Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ocr Office of Civil Rights ocsla Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act oeo Office of Economic Opportunity passo Political Association of Spanish Speaking Organizations pca Packaging Corporation of America phs Public Health Service rfc Reconstruction Finance Corporation sds Students for a Democratic Society sfi Southwest Forest Industries smu Southern Methodist University tab Texas American Bancshares tdc Texas Department of Corrections tro temporary restraining order tsu Texas Southern University ufwoc United Farm Workers Organizing Committee uh University of Houston ut University of Texas vista Volunteers in Service to America wisd Westheimer Independent School District The Rise of Judicial Management in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 1955–2000 This page intentionally left blank ...