Brown v. Todd

joined by Justice HECHT, Justice OWEN, Justice BAKER, Justice HANKINSON, Justice O’NEILL, and Justice JEFFERSON.

We must decide whether a citizen and a city council member have standing to challenge a mayor’s authority to issue an executive order prohibiting city employees from discriminating based on sexual orientation. The court of appeals held that the citizen did not have standing but that the council member did. 9 S.W.3d 404. We conclude that neither plaintiff has standing. Therefore, we affirm in part and reverse in part the judgment of the court of appeals; and, without reaching the…