Legal Opinion
Kordus v. City of Garland
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided January 19, 1978No. 1083PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOORE, Justice.
Plaintiffs Richard Kordus and Gordon Spalding, individually and as a class on behalf of the tax-paying property owners of the City of Garland, instituted this suit against defendants the City of Garland and the Garland Chamber of Commerce, seeking to recover $10,000.00 which the City donated through its wholly-owned power corporation, the Garland Power & Light Co., to the Garland Chamber of Commerce. They alleged-that the gift was in violation of provisions of the Texas Constitution which prohibit donations to private corporations. They also sought the recovery of an…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Osborne v. KeithTexas Supreme Court · 1944
- City of San Antonio v. StrumbergTexas Supreme Court · 1888
- City of West Lake Hills v. State Ex. Rel. City of AustinTexas Supreme Court · 1971
- Terrell v. MiddletonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1916
- Hoffman v. DavisTexas Supreme Court · 1937
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Bland Independent School District v. BlueTexas Supreme Court · 2000
- Texas State Employees Union/CWA Local 6184 v. Texas Workforce Commission, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2000
- City of El Paso, Mayor Oscar Leeser, City Representatives Emma Acosta, Carl L. Robinson, Michiel R. Noe, Courtney C. Niland, Ann Morgan Lilly, Larry Romero, Claudia Ordaz and Lily Limon v. Waterblasting Technologies, Inc. and Thomas G. Wicker, Jr., Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2016
- Bland Independent School District v. Blue, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1999
- Parker v. City of San AntonioCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1980
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