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TAXPAYERS' POL. ACT. COM. v. CITY OF HOUSTON

No. 17587.

596 S.W.2d 147 (1979)

TAXPAYERS' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE et al. v. CITY OF HOUSTON et al.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

November 8, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald A. Zumbrun, Sacramento, Cal., Raymond M. Momboisse, Karlissa B. Krombein, Washington, D. C., Burge, Shults, Driscoll & Driscoll, William W. Burge, Houston, for appellants.

Robert M. Collie, Jr., Houston, for appellees.

COLEMAN, Chief Justice.

This is a mandamus case brought under Article 1735a, Vernon's Ann.Civ.Stat. The petitioners seek to compel the city council of the city of Houston to submit to the voters of the city an amendment to the city charter. The mandamus will be denied.

The amendment proposed by petition and several others were ordered to be submitted to the electorate by an ordinance adopted by the city council...

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