Legal Opinion
Dawkins v. Meyer
Texas Supreme Court
Decided April 1, 1992No. D-2032PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CORNYN, Justice.
In this original proceeding we decide whether Pattilou Dawkins, a member of the Board of the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation (hereinafter, MHMR) whose term of office will end after the next regular session of the legislature begins, is eligible to be a candidate for the state House of Representatives. Dawkins has been declared ineligible by Fred Meyer, Chairman of the Republican Party of Texas, under his interpretation of the limitation on eligibility contained in article III, section 19 of the Texas Constitution. Because we agree that Daw-kins…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Clements v. FashingSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- United States v. GillilandSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Stanford v. ButlerTexas Supreme Court · 1944
- Edgewood Independent School District v. KirbyTexas Supreme Court · 1989
- Cramer v. SheppardTexas Supreme Court · 1942
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3Cited by41 opinions
- City of Beaumont v. BouillionTexas Supreme Court · 1995
- Wentworth v. MeyerTexas Supreme Court · 1992
- Mellon Service Co. v. Touche Ross & Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)1997
- Northwinds Abatement, Inc. v. Employers Insurance of WausauCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
- Wentworth v. Meyer, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1992
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