Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Docket Number No. 87-6405. Attorney(S) Emmett B. Lewis argued the cause for With him on the briefs were Robert K. Huffman James B. Charles A. Palmer, Assistant Attorney General of Texas, argued the cause for With him on the brief were Jim Mattox, Attorney General, Mary F. Keller, First Assistant Attorney General, Lou McCreary, Executive Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Hodge Margaret Portman Griffey, Assistant Attorneys Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the American Civil Liberties Union et al. by Steven R. Shapiro, John A. Powell, Julius LeVonne Chambers, Charles Stephen Ralston for the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law by Robert E. Montgomery, Jr., Conrad K. Harper, Stuart J. Land, Norman Redlich, William L. Robinson, Judith A. Judges PER CURIAM. See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. TOMPKINS v. TEXAS 774 S.W.2d 195, affirmed by an equally divided Court. PER CURIAM. The judgment below is affirmed by an equally divided Court. JUSTICE O'CONNOR took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.