HECHT, Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court, in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, GONZALEZ, SPECTOR, OWEN, ABBOTT and HANKINSON, Justices, join.
The Declaratory Judgments Act provides that in any proceeding under the Act "the court may award costs and reasonable and necessary attorney's fees as are equitable and just." TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM.CODE § 37.009. The question here is, by what standard is such an award of attorney fees to be reviewed on appeal...
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