Legal Opinion
City of Westworth Village v. Texas Voices for Reason & Justice, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided May 18, 2017No. 02-16-00106-CVPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LEE GABRIEL, JUSTICE
Texas law requires any person who has committed certain sexual offenses to register as a sex offender. See Tex. Code. Crim. Proc. Ann. arts. 62.001(5), 62.051 (West Supp. 2016). In 2007, Appellant City of Westworth Village, Texas, adopted an ordinance prohibiting any person required to register as a sex offender because of an offense involving a victim who was younger than seventeen from establishing a residence within 1,000 feet of any location where children commonly gather. See Westworth Vill., Tex., Code of Ordinances ch. 8, art. 8.07, § 8.07.032(a) (2016). A…
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