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FINANCE COM'N OF TEXAS v. NORWOOD

No. 10-0121.

418 S.W.3d 566 (2013)

The FINANCE COMMISSION OF TEXAS, The Credit Union Commission of Texas, and Texas Bankers Association, Petitioners, v. Valerie NORWOOD, Elise Shows, Maryann Robles-Valdez, Bobby Martin, Pamela Cooper, and Carlos Rivas, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided June 21, 2013.

Supplemental Opinion on Overruling of Rehearing January 24, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ron Beal , Professor & Attorney at Law, Waco, TX, for Amicus Curiae.

Ann Hartley , David S. Morales , Evan S. Greene , William J. "Bill" Cobb III , Office of Attorney General of Texas, Arthur Cleveland D'Andrea , Assistant Solicitor General, Clarence Andrew Weber , Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP, Daniel Tekstar Hodge , First Asst. Attorney General, David C. Mattax , Director of Defense Litigation, Office of the Attorney General, Greg W. Abbott , Attorney General of Texas, Jack Hohengarten , Attny General Ofc. Finance Div., Jonathan F. Mitchell , Solicitor General Office of the Attorney General, Austin, TX, James C. Ho , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Dallas, TX, for Petitioner 1, The Finance Commission of Texas and The Credit Union Commission of Texas.

Alex S. Valdes , Brian T. Morris , Michael Kent O'Neal , Winstead PC, Austin, Melissa Prentice Lorber , Craig T. Enoch , Enoch Kever PLLC, Austin, for Petitioners 2, Texas Bankers Association.

Bruce Everett Priddy , Law Offices of Bruce Priddy, Dallas, Jean Constance Davis , AARP Foundation, Washington, John Paul Salmon , Nelson H. Mock , Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Austin, Laurie E. Ratliff , Ikard Golden Jones, P.C., Austin, Robert L. Wharton , East Texas Legal Services, Nacogdoches, Robert W. Doggett , Attorney General, for Respondents Assoc'n of Community Orgnizations for Reform Now (ACORN), Valerie Norwood, Elise Shows, Maryann Robles-Valdez, Bobby Martin, Pamela Cooper, and Carlos Rivas.

Justice HECHT delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice JEFFERSON, Justice GREEN, Justice WILLETT, Justice GUZMAN, Justice LEHRMANN, Justice BOYD, and Justice DEVINE joined, and in Parts I and II of which Justice JOHNSON joined.

The separation of the powers of government into three distinct, rival branches — legislative, executive, and judicial — is "the absolutely central guarantee of a just Government."1

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