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City of El Paso and John F. Cook, in His Official Capacity as Mayor of El Paso v. Tom Brown Ministries, Word of Life Church of El Paso, Tom Brown, El Pasoans for Traditional Family Values and Ben Mendoza

Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)

Decided December 7, 2016No. 08-16-00075-CVPublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

STEVEN L. HUGHES, Justice

This is an interlocutory appeal from an order denying Appellants’ plea to the jurisdiction. This case originally began when then-Mayor John F. Cook sued Appellees, in his individual capacity, seeking to enjoin them from circulating recall petitions against him, claiming that their conduct violated the Texas Election Code. In response, Appellees sued the City of El Paso and Cook, in his official capacity as Mayor, claiming that by seeking to “enforce” the Election Code against them in an unconstitutional manner, the City had violated their constitutional right…

2Cases cited48 opinions

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  4. Daniels v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. Board of the County Commissioners of Bryan County v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1997

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Greg Abbott, in His Official Capacity as Governor of Texas v. City of El Paso, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2023
  2. Morgan v. FreshourDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 2021
  3. Reynaldo Gonzalez Jr. v. Morgan Graham, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2024
  4. Reynaldo Gonzalez Jr. v. Morgan Graham, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2024
  5. the Ector County Alliance of Businesses v. Greg Abbott, in His Official Capacity as Governor of the State of Texas John W. Hellerstedt, in His Official Capacity as the Commissioner of Public Health of the State of Texas and/or as Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services And the State of Texas., Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)2021

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