PROF. ASS'N OF COLL. EDUC. v. EL PASO CTY. COMM.

No. 08-82-00353-CV.

678 S.W.2d 94 (1984)

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE EDUCATORS and James Semones, Appellants, v. EL PASO COUNTY COMMUNITY DISTRICT, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

Rehearing Denied June 6, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Hall, Houston, for appellants.

Michael C. Crowley, El Paso, Evelyn Tatum, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, for appellee.

Before STEPHEN F. PRESLAR, C.J., and WARD and OSBORN, JJ.


OPINION

OSBORN, Justice.

For the first time since the adoption of the Texas Constitution of 1876, citizens of this state seek judicial enforcement of their right to apply to those invested with the powers of government by "remonstrance." Having concluded that the granting of summary judgment in this case denied the exercise of that seldom used, but nevertheless valuable, constitutional right, we reverse and remand.

Article I, sec. 27 of the Texas...

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