Legal Opinion
Blum v. Lanier
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided November 26, 1997No. 14-97-01134-CVPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NORMAN LEE, Justice.
Appellant, Edward J. Blum, appeals an order dismissing his petition for injunctive relief for want of subject matter jurisdiction. Appellees, Bob Lanier and the City of Houston, filed a subsequent motion to dismiss the appeal. We took appellees’ motion with the case and now overrule them motion and affirm the judgment of the trial court.
Background
On August 20, 1997, Blum filed a petition, signed by 20,565 qualified voters, with the City of Houston Secretary calling for an amendment to the city charter. The primary objective of the proposed charter amendment was to…
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