ROBINSON v. PARKER

No. 08-0658.

353 S.W.3d 753 (2011)

Carroll G. ROBINSON, Bruce R. Hotze, and Jeffrey N. Daily, Petitioners, v. Annise D. PARKER, Mayor; City of Houston; Houston City Council, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided August 26, 2011.

Rehearing Denied October 21, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. `Andy' Taylor , Amanda Eileen Staine Peterson , Andy Taylor & Associates, P.C., Houston, TX, for Carroll G. Robinson.

Scott J. Atlas , Bill White for Texas, Patrick W. Mizell , Stacey Neumann Vu , Vinson & Elkins LLP, Stephen Douglas Pritchett Jr. , David M. Gunn , Beck Redden & Secrest, L.L.P. Arturo G. Michel , City Attorney, City of Houston Legal Dept., Patrick Zummo , Law Offices of Patrick Zummo, John Berchmans Daily , Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Houston, TX, Melanie Plowman Sarwal, Weil Gothshal & Manges LLP, Austin, TX, for Bill White.

Jonathan Day , Andrews Kurth LLP, Warren W. Harris , Bracewell & Giuliani, LLP, Houston, TX, for Amicus Curiae Continental Airlines, Inc.

David A. Furlow , Thompson & Knight, L.L.P., Levi James Benton , Benton Massey PLLC, Houston, TX, for Amicus Curiae Francis M. Kubosh.


Justice GREEN delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case, we are asked to decide (1) whether citizens who signed a petition proposing a local ballot initiative have standing to assert their declaratory judgment claims that the voter-approved initiative is valid and must be enforced; and (2) the validity of the voter-approved initiative. Because the citizens' claims are not ripe, however, we cannot reach those issues.

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