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CITY FO SOCORRO v. U.S. FIREWORKS

No. 08-92-00036-CV.

842 S.W.2d 779 (1992)

The CITY OF SOCORRO, Texas, et al. Appellant, v. U.S. FIREWORKS OF AMERICA, INC, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

Rehearing Overruled December 9, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Contreras, El Paso, for appellant.

Joseph L. Hood, Jr., Scott, Hulse, Marshall et al. El Paso, for appellee.

Before OSBORN, C.J, and KOEHLER and LARSEN, JJ.

OPINION

KOEHLER, Justice.

The question presented by this appeal is whether a special-law municipality achieves home-rule status merely by amending its charter with respect to the number of aldermen. The trial court, in response to a suit for a declaratory judgment and an injunction, held that it does not and granted an injunction enjoining the city from enforcing an ordinance which prohibited the sale of fireworks within 5,000 feet of its city limits. We...

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