Legal Opinion
Gilmer Independent School District v. Dorfman
Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)
Decided August 29, 2003No. 12-03-00111-CVPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JAMES T. WORTHEN, Chief Justice.
Gilmer Independent School District (“GISD”) brings this interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s order denying its plea to the jurisdiction in a suit brought by Louis Dorfman (“Dorfman”) contesting the constitutionality of Chapters 41 and 42 of the Texas Education Code. We reverse and remand.
BACKGROUND
In 2002 Dorfman paid $8.76 in taxes to GISD on three mineral properties he owned. He then filed a suit against GISD seeking a declaratory judgment that Chapters 41 and 42 of the Texas Education Code “separately and together, individually and otherwise,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Till v. Thomas, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1999
- Alamo Community College District v. Obayashi Corp., Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1998
- Nuchia v. Woodruff, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)1997
- Harris County v. Cypress Forest Public Utility District of Harris County, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2001
- Cornyn v. County of Hill, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2000
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- the Honorable Mark Henry, County Judge of Galveston County v. the Honorable Lonnie Cox, Judge of the 56th District Court of Galveston CountyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2015
- Preston State Bank, F/K/A Dallas City Bank v. Roach, John, in His Official Capacity as Collin County DA, and Collin County, Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2014
- Deanna Laney v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)2007
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