Legal Opinion

Opinion No.

Texas Attorney General Reports

Decided January 17, 1977Published

1Opinion of the Court

The Honorable Richard W. Carter Hunt County Attorney Hunt County Courthouse Greenville, Texas 75401

Re: Whether article 9011, V.T.C.S., is unconstitutionally vague.

Dear Mr. Carter:

You have inquired about the constitutionality of article 9011, V.T.C.S., which regulates `going out of business' sales. You ask whether sections 3 and 5 of that Act are void for vagueness. See Grayned v. City of Rockford, 408 U.S. 104 (1972); United States v. Nat'l Dairy Products Corp., 372 U.S. 29 (1963); Smith v. State, 268 S.W. 742 (Tex.Crim.App. 1925).

Section 3 reads in pertinent part:

To conduct a `going out of…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. United States v. National Dairy Products Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. United States v. Robert Kenneth Rich, United States of America v. Larry J. WeberCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
  3. Binkley v. HunterCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1948
  4. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1961
  5. Galveston, H. & S. A. Ry. Co. v. DutyTexas Commission of Appeals · 1925

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