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TARRANT COUNTY, COM'RS COURT v. MARKHAM

No. 2-89-097-CV.

779 S.W.2d 872 (1989)

The TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS COMMISSIONERS COURT; County Judge Roy English; County Commissioner O.L. Watson; County Commissioner J.D. Johnson; County Commissioner Bob Hampton; County Commissioner Dionne Bagsby; and Sheriff Don Carpenter, Appellants, v. Billy MARKHAM, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Denied November 29, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tim Curry, Dist. Atty., and Richard Lee Brown and Van Thompson, Jr., Assts., Fort Worth, for appellants.

Brender & Colosi, and Art Brender, Fort Worth, for appellee.

Before HILL, FARRIS and KELTNER, JJ.

OPINION

KELTNER, Justice.

The issue in this appeal from the granting of a temporary injunction is whether the plaintiff, Billy Markham, has standing, individually or as class representative, to complain of the current and future condition of the Tarrant County Jail. We hold that Markham does not have standing to seek injunctive relief because at the time of filing of the suit he was not an inmate or otherwise affected by the conditions in the Tarrant County...

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