Legal Opinion
Hancock v. Rouse
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided January 23, 1969No. 15419PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLEMAN, Justice.
This is an action seeking an order requiring the City Council of the City of Bellaire to submit to an election a zoning ordinance proposed by an initiative petition and four zoning ordinances previously enacted by the Council, under Charter provisions concerning Initiative and Referendum Elections. The trial court denied the requested mandamus order and this appeal resulted.
The City of Bellaire is a Home Rule City. Article X of its Charter authorizes initiative, referendum and recall elections and provides the procedure to be followed in requesting such elections.
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2Cases cited15 opinions
- Spann v. City of DallasTexas Supreme Court · 1921
- Spann v. City of DallasTexas Supreme Court · 1921
- Glass v. SmithTexas Supreme Court · 1951
- Hurst v. City of BurlingameCalifornia Supreme Court · 1929
- Bolton v. SparksTexas Supreme Court · 1962
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Leonard v. City of BothellWashington Supreme Court · 1976
- City of Austin v. Quick, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1996
- Garvin v. Ninth Judicial District Court of the State of NevadaNevada Supreme Court · 2002
- Gumprecht v. City of Coeur D'AleneIdaho Supreme Court · 1983
- Taschner v. City CouncilCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1973
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