Legal Opinion
Tarrant County v. Ashmore
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided November 5, 1981No. 18555PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HOLMAN, Justice.
This is an appeal from a judgment that (1) a redistricting plan ordered by the county commissioners court deprived incumbent justices of the peace and constables of their terms of office without due process of law; and (2) the dispossessed officeholders are entitled to receive salaries and benefits for the remainder of their original terms of office.
We affirm.
Appellees were Tarrant County justices of the peace and constables who had been duly elected and were serving terms of office ending on either December 31, 1982, or December 31, 1984.
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2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Glover v. Texas General Indemnity Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1981
- Avery v. Midland CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Butler v. HansonTexas Supreme Court · 1970
- Ferguson v. FergusonTexas Supreme Court · 1960
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Tarrant County v. AshmoreTexas Supreme Court · 1982
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- Rosales v. Brazoria CountyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1989