Dallas County District Attorney v. Doe

OPINION

KINKEADE, Justice.

Dallas County District Attorney John Vance and the State of Texas (collectively, the State) appeal the trial court’s declaratory judgment holding section 255.001 of the Tex as Election Code unconstitutional. 1 The issue presented is whether the civil district court properly exercised its equity jurisdiction to declare the statute unconstitutional. We conclude that the criminal district court and not the civil district court had jurisdiction to rule on the constitutionality of section 255.001. Accordingly, we vacate the trial court’s judgment and dismiss the case.

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