BLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST. v. BLUE

No. 99-0231.

34 S.W.3d 547 (2000)

The BLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., Petitioners, v. Douglas BLUE and Carolyn Blue, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided December 7, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Scott, Greenville, James B. Harris, G. Luke Ashley, John A. Mackintosh, Jr., Anna Marple Duboise, Thompson & Knight, Dallas, for petitioners.

Mark Heidenheimer, McKinney, for respondents.


Justice HECHT delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Justice OWEN, Justice BAKER, Justice ABBOTT, Justice O'NEILL, and Justice GONZALES joined.

Two taxpayers sued their school district to prohibit it from paying future installments due on a lease-purchase financing agreement they claim is illegal. The district filed a plea to the jurisdiction, challenging the taxpayers' standing to sue. The trial court heard evidence on the plea and sustained it in part but...

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