Legal Opinion
Opinion No.
Texas Attorney General Reports
Decided July 15, 1986Published
1Opinion of the Court
Honorable Benjamin Euresti Cameron County Attorney 974 E. Harrison Street Brownsville, Texas 78520
Re: Authority of commissioners court to prohibit county employees from running for office in a partisan election
Dear Mr Euresti:
You state that the commissioners court of Cameron County has adopted a policy prohibiting county employees from running for office in a partisan election. This restriction states as follows:
A county employee, other than an elected official, may not be a candidate for elective office in a partisan election. (A partisan election is an election in which candidates are to be…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United Public Workers of America v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- United States Civil Service Commission v. National Ass'n of Letter CarriersSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Clements v. FashingSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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