Legal Opinion

Rossano v. Townsend

Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)

Decided December 2, 1999No. 14-98-01183-CVPublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

PAUL C. MURPHY, Chief Justice.

Joseph Rossano, personally and as may- or of Alvin, Texas; Dwight Rhodes, Andy Reyes, and Andy Desham, personally and as city council members of Alvin, Texas; and Eugenia Cano, personally and as attorney for Alvin, Texas (the “appellants” unless otherwise noted), appeal a judgment in favor of Larry Townsend and Elizabeth Esquivel Brinkerhoff (the “ap-pellees” unless otherwise noted), in the ap-pellees’ election contest lawsuit involving a zoning election. Appellants bring two issues. We affirm.

I. Background

The facts are essentially undisputed. On May 4,…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Perkins v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1963
  2. McDaniel v. YarbroughTexas Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Duncan v. WillisTexas Supreme Court · 1957
  4. City of Corsicana v. WillmanTexas Supreme Court · 1949
  5. Slusher v. Streater, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1995

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. City of Houston v. Todd, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2001
  2. the City of Cleveland, Niki Coats, in His Official Capacity as Mayor of the City of Cleveland and Angela Smith, in Her Official Capacity as City Secretary of the City of Cleveland v. Keep Cleveland SafeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2016
  3. Allen Mark Dacus, Elizabeth C. Perez and Rev. Robert Jefferson v. Annise D. Parker and City of Houston, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2012
  4. Tarris Woods v. Rusty Legg, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2011
  5. Hunt v. City of DibollCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2017

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