Legal Opinion · Dissent

Perry v. Del Rio

Texas Supreme Court

Decided October 19, 2001No. 01-0988Published

1DissentChief Justice Phillips

Our Court’s direct appeal jurisdiction is limited to appeals “from an order.of a trial court granting or denying an interlocutory or permanent injunction on the ground of the constitutionality of a statute of this state.” Tex. Gov’t Code § 22.001(c). Although the final judgment in the court below included a permanent injunction, it only enjoined the “use of the existing 30 congressional districts in Texas as reflected in Plan 1000C1 in any primary or general election.”2 No party before this Court is complaining about that part of the judgment. The only dispute in the trial court or here…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Growe v. EmisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. Federal Communications Commission v. Woko, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
  3. Boston v. GarrisonTexas Supreme Court · 1953
  4. Smith v. CraddickTexas Supreme Court · 1971
  5. Vera v. BushDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1996

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