| − | '''William Carl Meier''', known as '''Bill" Meier''' (born August 1, 1940), is an [[attorney]] and a former [[Texas]] state senator for District 10 and a former justice of the Second Court of Appeals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/william-meier/e529222251180|title=William Meier (Texas)|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=August 21, 2020}}</ref> He represented a portion of Tarrant County in the state Senate, where in 1977 he delivered the longest [[filibuster]] in world history, forty-three hours.<ref name=filibuster>{{cite web|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2013/03/14/43-hours-texas-senator-set-filibuster-record-77/|title=At 43 Hours, Texas Senator Set Filibuster Record in '77|publisher=''The Texas Tribune''|date=March 14, 2013|author=Justin Dehn, Aman Batheja, and Alana Rocha|accessdate=August 21, 2020}}</ref> | + | '''William Carl Meier''', known as '''Bill Meier''' (born August 1, 1940), is an [[attorney]] and a former [[Texas]] state senator for District 10 and a former justice of the Second Court of Appeals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/william-meier/e529222251180|title=William Meier (Texas)|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=August 21, 2020}}</ref> He represented a portion of Tarrant County in the state Senate, where in 1977 he delivered the longest [[filibuster]] in world history, forty-three hours.<ref name=filibuster>{{cite web|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2013/03/14/43-hours-texas-senator-set-filibuster-record-77/|title=At 43 Hours, Texas Senator Set Filibuster Record in '77|publisher=''The Texas Tribune''|date=March 14, 2013|author=Justin Dehn, Aman Batheja, and Alana Rocha|accessdate=August 21, 2020}}</ref> |