City of Socorro v. U.S. Fireworks of America, Inc.

OPINION

KOEHLER, Justice.

The question presented by this appeal is whether a special-law municipality achieves home-rule status merely by amending its charter with respect to the number of aldermen. The trial court, in response to a suit for a declaratory judgment and an injunction, held that it does not and granted an injunction enjoining the city from enforcing an ordinance which prohibited the sale of fireworks within 5,000 feet of its city limits. We affirm.

*780FACTUAL BACKGROUND

In 1871, the state legislature incorporated the town of Socorro, Texas as a special-law municipality. In 1886,…