EDGEWOOD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Alvarado Independent School District et al., Guadalupe Gutierrez et al., Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District et al., Coppell Independent School District et al., Sterling City Independent School District et al., Stafford Municipal School District et al., Humble Independent School District et al., and Somerset Independent School District et al., Appellants,
v.
Lionel R. MENO et al., and Bexar County Education District et al., Appellees.
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Argued May 25, 1994.
Decided January 30, 1995.
As Modified February 16, 1995.
Rehearing Overruled March 2, 1995.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Bracewell and Patterson, Kelly Frels, John David Thompson, III, Houston, Gray and Becker, Roger Moore and Richard E. Gray, III, Austin, Law Offices of Earl Luna, Robert E. Luna and Earl Luna, Dallas, Ray, Wood and Fine, Randall Buck Wood, Austin, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Antonia Hernandez, Albert H. Kauffman, Luis A. Wilmot and Carmen Rumbaut, Texas Justice Foundation, Allan E. Parker, San Antonio, Brown and Thompson, Andrew L. Wambsganss, Fort Worth, Olson and Olson, John F. Olson and William A. Olson, Houston, Thompson and Knight, Schuyler B. Marshall, G. Luke Ashley and Deborah G. Hankinson, Dallas, Foster, Lewis and Langley, Emerson Banack, Jr. and Kenneth L. Malone, San Antonio, Bickerstaff, Heath and Smiley, Sara Hardner Leon, C. Robert Heath, David Mendez and Steve Bickerstaff, Austin, Judith Sanders-Castro, San Antonio, META, INC., Roger Rice, Somerville, MA, for appellants.
Dan Morales, Atty. Gen., Toni Hunter, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raymond Bonilla, Jr., Comptroller's Office, Kevin T. O'Hanlon, Texas Educ. Agency, Austin, for appellees.
Supreme Court of Texas.
CORNYN, Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court, in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, and GONZALEZ, HIGHTOWER and GAMMAGE, Justices, joined. HECHT, ENOCH and OWEN, Justices, joined in Parts I, II, III, V, VI and VII.
Six years ago, this Court held that this State's system for financing public education violated article VII, section 1 of the Texas Constitution. Edgewood Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Kirby,777 S.W.2d 391, 397 (Tex...
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