Legal Opinion
Broyles v. Texas
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided March 31, 2009No. Civil Action H-08-02320PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
LEE H. ROSENTHAL, District Judge.
The plaintiffs challenge a municipal incorporation election held on May 10, 2008, in which Weston Lakes, a private gated community in Fort Bend County, Texas and adjacent land were converted into a Type B General-Law Municipality called the City of Weston Lakes. 1 The plaintiffs seek a declaratory judgment that Texas Local Government Code § 7.006, which permits “[e]ach qualified voter who resides within the boundaries of the proposed municipality” to vote in a Type B municipal incorporation election, is unconstitutional because it does not…
2Cases cited98 opinions
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3Cited by15 opinions
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