Banales v. Jackson

KEITH, Justice.

This is a suit challenging the validity of the May 3, 1978, order of the Supreme Court of Texas requiring lawyers in Texas to pay a one-time fee assessment “for the sole purpose of reducing any indebtedness created by the construction of the Texas Law Center . . . .” Plaintiff, a duly licensed lawyer in Texas, instituted suit challenging the validity of the order. Gar-son R. Jackson was named as a defendant “individually and in his official capacity as Clerk of the Supreme Court of Texas . .” Plaintiff named the Supreme Court of Texas as a defendant “in its statutory role…