Aldine Independent School District v. Standley

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• agreeing that assessment and collection of taxes is part of sovereign power of State
• agreeing that assessment and collection of taxes is part of sovereign power of State
• noting that one who acts in his own right is largely independent of others' control
• noting that one who acts in his own right is largely independent of others' control
• declaring that a public officer, as opposed to a public employee, exercises a sovereign function of the government “‘largely independent of the control of others”‘
• requiring that public officers have both (1) sovereign authority; and (2) the ability to exercise that authority independent of others’ control

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