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WHEREAS a lawsuit styled City of Fort Worth. et al. v. John Cornyn Attorney General
Cause No 99-12126 is pending in Travis County and
WHEREAS because this lawsuit is of extraordinary importance and involves complex
civil litigation it is necessary to retain outside counsel to assist the City
Attorney in representing the City in the suit;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF FORT WORTH TEXAS
1 That Robert Heath and the law firm of Bickerstaff Heath Smiley Pollan
Kever & McDaniel be retained as outside counsel pursuant to Section 3 Chapter VI of
the City Charter to assist the City Attorney in representing the City in Cause No 99-
12126
2 That, as far as practicable the compensation to be paid to Mr Heath and
the law firm is hereby fixed in an amount not to exceed $50 000 Mr Heath s hourly rate
for representing the City in this matter being $ 200 00
ADOPTED this day of November 1999
APPROVED
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