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MOTOR VEHICLE BD. v. EL PASO IND. AUTO.

No. 08-98-00022-CV.

37 S.W.3d 538 (2001)

MOTOR VEHICLE BOARD OF the TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Appellant, v. EL PASO INDEPENDENT AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION, INC., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

Rehearing Overruled March 7, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Cornyn, Attorney General, Linda Booth Secord, Assistant Attorney General, Natural Resources Division, Douglas Burt Fraser, Assistant Attorney General, Austin, for appellant.

Corey Haugland, James, Goldman & Haugland, P.C., Laura P. Gordon, Assistant City Attorney, El Paso, for appellee.

Before Panel No. 3 BARAJAS, C.J., LARSEN, and CHEW, JJ.

OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

This appeal involves a constitutional challenge to the last remaining "blue law" in Texas, which prohibits the sale of motor vehicles on consecutive Saturdays and Sundays.1 Finding that a party necessary for just adjudication was not included in the suit, we vacate the trial court's judgment and dismiss the cause for lack of jurisdiction.

FACTS

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