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In Re Sanchez

Citations

  • 81 S.W.3d 794
  • 45 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 1257
  • 2002 Tex. LEXIS 142
  • 2002 WL 651601

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that no conflict existed between an Election Code statute that “expressly allows home-rule cities . . . to establish their own application requirements in municipal elections” and the ordinance at issue, which did just that
  • stating that an ordinance is preempted only \to the extent it conflicts with the state statute\
  • presuming that home-rule city charter provision is valid and stating that courts cannot interfere unless provision is unreasonable and arbitrary, amounting to clear abuse of municipal discretion
  • stating that all home-rule city ordinances are presumed to be valid
  • stating that all home-rule city ordinances are presumed to be valid
  • construing statutory authority of home-rule city to prescribe requirements for candidate's application for a place on the ballot

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Judges: Hankinson

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