Legal Opinion
Armbrister v. Morales
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided April 10, 1997No. 03-97-00011-CVPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARROLL, Chief Justice.
This case arises out of a dispute over the effect of a settlement in a federal lawsuit involving the reapportionment 3 of Texas senators to new districts. Appellants, all of whom are current state senators (“senators”), sued several state officials (“officials”) on July 24, 1996, in state district court, seeking a declaration that legislative adoption of the settlement would not trigger the need for the election of an entirely new Senate. See Tex. Const, art. Ill, § 3. The district court disagreed and ruled on January 2, 1997, that adoption of the settlement would…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Kilgarlin v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Terrazas v. RamirezTexas Supreme Court · 1991
- Barber v. Colorado Independent School DistrictTexas Supreme Court · 1995
- Kilgarlin v. MartinDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1966
- State v. ClementsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1958
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Surgitek, Inc. v. Adams, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1997
- McAllen Police Officers Union v. Tamez, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2002
- Coldwell Banker/Richard Smith Realtors, Pat Van Hoy and Gretchen Woellner v. Joyce D. Kubala and Edward F. Kubala, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1999
- McAllen Police Officer's Union and the City of McAllen, Texas v. Ricardo Tamez, Individually and as President of the McAllen Professional Law Enforcement Association, and McAllen Professional Law Enforcement Association, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2002
- McAllen Police Officers Union v. Tamez, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2002
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