Legal Opinion
City of Dallas v. Woodfield
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
Decided March 8, 2010No. 05-08-01652-CVPublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion By
Justice LANG.
The City of Dallas appeals the portion of the county court’s interlocutory order denying its plea to the jurisdiction with respect to Paul C. Woodfield’s request for a declaratory judgment that section 9-8 of the Dallas City Code is unconstitutional. See Dallas, Tex., Dallas City Code § 9-8 (2008). In two issues, the City argues the county court does not have civil equity jurisdiction to grant a declaratory judgment on the construction or validity of section 9-8 of the Dallas City Code because there is no threat of irreparable injury to Woodfield’s vested…
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