Legal Opinion
In re Roof
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 5, 2004No. 14-04-00034-CVPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KEM THOMPSON FROST, Justice.
Relators Gregory Roof and Garrik Addison, citizens of Galveston, petition this court to order the respondent Barbara Lawrence, Secretary for the City of Galveston (the “City Secretary”), to certify a proposed city charter amendment and call an election. Because we conclude that their petition has merit, we conditionally grant part of the mandamus relief requested.
I. Background
Roof and Addison are qualified voters of the City of Galveston, a home-rule municipality. On December 19, 2003, Roof and Addison submitted a petition to the City Secretary to amend the…
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