NEELEY v. WEST ORANGE-COVE

No. 04-1144, 05-0145, 05-0148.

176 S.W.3d 746 (2005)

Shirley NEELEY, Texas Commissioner of Education, et al., Appellants, v. WEST ORANGE-COVE CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., Appellees Alvarado Independent School District, et al., Appellants, v. Shirley Neeley, Texas Commissioner of Education, et al., Appellees Edgewood Independent School District, et al., Appellants, v. Shirley Neeley, Texas Commissioner of Education, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided November 22, 2005.

Rehearing Denied December 16, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rafael Edward Cruz, Greg Abbott, Atty. Gen., Jeffrey L. Rose, Amy Warr, Danica Lynn Milios, Joseph Hughes, Merle Hoffman Dover, Shelley Dahlberg, Edward D. Burbach, Barry Ross McBee, Austin, for Appellees.

Doug W. Ray, Randall Buck Wood, Ray, Wood & Bonilla, L.L.P., Austin, George W. Bramblett Jr., Mark Ryan Trachtenberg, Kirk Lane Worley, Nina Cortell, Charles G. Orr, Haynes & Boone, L.L.P., Dallas, Philip D. Fraissinet, Bracewell & Giuliani, LLP, Houston, Nina Perales, David G. Hinojosa, San Antonio, for Appellants.

Martha P. Owen, Deats, Durst, Owen & Levy, P.L.L.C., Marc A. Levin, Potts & Reilly, L.L.P., Austin, for amicus curiae.


Justice HECHT delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice JEFFERSON, Justice O'NEILL, Justice WAINWRIGHT, Justice MEDINA, Justice GREEN, and Justice JOHNSON joined.

Once again this Court is called upon to determine whether the funding of Texas public schools violates the Texas Constitution.1 Three groups of school districts raise three separate challenges.

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