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DALLAS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY v. DOE

Nos. 05-97-02111-CV, 05-98-00243-CV.

969 S.W.2d 537 (1998)

DALLAS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY, John Vance, Appellant, v. John DOE, Appellee. The STATE of Texas, Appellant, v. John DOE, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

May 11, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Clark Long, IV, Assistant District Attorney, Dallas, James Bradley Spalding, Assistant Attorney General, Austin, for Appellant.

Eric V. Moye, Vial, Hamilton, Koch & Knox, L.L.P, Dallas, for Appellee.

Before KINKEADE, WHITTINGTON and MOSELEY, JJ.

OPINION

KINKEADE, Justice.

Dallas County District Attorney John Vance and the State of Texas (collectively, the State) appeal the trial court's declaratory judgment holding section 255.001 of the Texas Election Code unconstitutional.1 The issue presented is whether the civil district court properly exercised its equity jurisdiction to declare the statute unconstitutional. We conclude...

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