City of Houston v. Houston Independent School District

SAM D. JOHNSON, Justice.

The Houston Independent School District, appellee, brought this action for a temporary injunction against the City of Houston, appellant. The purpose of the temporary injunction was to restrain the City from enforcing its newly enacted ordinance which amended its Building Code against the School District.

In addition to its prayer for a temporary injunction, the School District prayed that the temporary injunction be made permanent, that the court declare the ordinance unconstitutional, or, in the alternative, that the State has preempted the field now sought by the…