Legal Opinion · Concurring in part, dissenting in part
Texas Ass'n of Business v. Texas Air Control Board
Texas Supreme Court
Decided May 5, 1993No. C-9556Published
1Concurring in part, dissenting in partDoggett, Justice
“Don’t Mess With Texas”
—A motto that captures the Texas spirit.
Texans understand the directive “Don’t Mess With Texas”; the majority does not. If the mess is big enough, if the stench is strong enough, no matter how great the danger to public health and safety, an industrial litterer can “mess” with Texas without fear of immediate punishment or legally effective citizen action.
And what an occasion for permitting polluters to “mess” with Texas air and water. Our state tops the nation in total toxic emissions and ranks dead last among the fifty states in important measures of environmental…
2Cases cited128 opinions
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- Lujan v. National Wildlife FederationSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
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