Legal Opinion
Ryan v. Rosenthal
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided April 20, 2010No. 14-08-00382-CVPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILLIAM J. BOYCE, Justice.
Appellants Robert C. Ryan, Jeffrey L. Dorrell, Steven Howell, JoAnn McCracken, Lonnie Buckner, Barbara Coffman Buck, Shannon Burns, Dan Hall, and Pat Riddle Womack appeal from the 190th District Court’s order granting appellee Charles A. Rosenthal’s motion to dismiss their declaratory judgment action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. We affirm.
Background 1
The issue before us focuses on the circumstances under which a district court can exercise its civil jurisdiction by issuing a declaratory judgment addressing the enforceability of a criminal statute.
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