Allen Mark Dacus, Elizabeth C. Perez, And Rev. Robert Jefferson v Annise D. Parker and City of Houston. 13-0047, (Tex. June 12, 2015). This is an election contest case in which the Texas Supreme Court held the ballot did not make
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Richard Bianchi v. The State Of Texas, 13-14-00303-CV (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi, August 21, 2014) This is a quo warranto case where the central issue is the interaction between the “resign to run” rule under the Texas Constitution and the constitutional
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Cargill v. Jaime Adan Ballesteros, 03-12-00629-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, November 6, 2013). Cargill challenged the outcome of the election for constable and asserted claims for tortious interference with his right to seek office. The trial court dismissed the claims and
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Texans for Free Enterprise v. Texas Ethics Commission, No.13-50014 (5th Cir. October 16, 2013). This is an injunction case of interest to any governmental entity which has its own election code or enforces state law election codes through an ethics ordinance. In
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Rodriguez, et al. v. Beaumont Independent School District, et al., No. 09-13-00434-CV (Tex. App. – Beaumont, October 17, 2013) In this case the Beaumont Court of Appeals was asked to see how the recent U.S. Supreme Court declaration that portions of the
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