Legal Opinion
Hardy v. Hannah
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided April 14, 1993No. 3-92-351-CVPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ABOUSSIE, Justice.
Charles E. Hardy and Louis Podesta, both registered voters of the State of Texas, filed suit to invalidate Constitutional Amendment Four, approved by the voters in the November 1991 general election. Tex. Const, art. Ill, § 49-h(d). The Amendment authorized the issuance of general obligation bonds to fund construction of criminal punishment facilities. Hardy and Podesta contend that the ballot proposition was deceptively worded so that voters did not realize that they were authorizing funds to be used for substance abuse treatment facilities as well as prison facilities.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- W.D. Yett, Mayor v. CookTexas Supreme Court · 1926
- Railroad Commission v. Sterling Oil & Refining Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1949
- Whiteside v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1948
- Marshall v. City of LubbockCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1975
- Hill v. EvansCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1967
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Save Our Springs Alliance, Inc. v. Lowry, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1996
- City of McAllen v. McAllen Police Officers Union, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2007
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