Legal Opinion

Harris County v. Gist

District Court, S.D. Texas

Decided December 13, 1996No. Civil Action No. H-96-3515Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

ATLAS, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Harris County (“County”) has applied for a preliminary injunction, enjoining distribution of federal block grants to the City of Houston and to Harris County for *605local law enforcement pending the Court’s interpretation of a 1996 federal appropriations statute. See Application for Temporary [sic] Injunction [Doc. # 1], The County has named three defendants: Nancy E. Gist, Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (“BJA”) of the Department of Justice; Dan Morales, Attorney General of Texas (“Morales”); and the City of Houston…

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