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PRESSLEY v. CASAR

No. 17-0052, No. 17-0278.

567 S.W.3d 327 (2019)

Laura PRESSLEY, Petitioner, v. Gregorio (Greg) CASAR, Respondent. David Rogers, Petitioner, v. Gregorio (Greg) Casar, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion Delivered: January 25, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brantley D. Starr , Deputy First Assistant, Attorney General, Jeffrey C. Mateer , First Assistant Attorney General, W. Kenneth Paxton Jr. , Attorney General of Texas, Michael Toth , Office of the Attorney General, P.O. Box 12548, Austin, TX 78711-2548, Thomas G. Glass , Election Integrity Committee of the Libertarian Party of Texas, Hockley, TX 77447, Nicholas Dranias , Arizona Attorney General, 2005 N Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85004-1592, Garry Anthony Merritt , Texas Association of Counties, 1210 San Antonio, Austin, TX 78701, Paul O'Neal Miles , Austin, TX 78756, for Amicus Curiae,

Carl Haddick, P.O. Box 1586, Mexia, TX 76667, pro se.

Laura Pressley , 10203 Woodglen Cove, Austin, TX 78753, for Petitioner.

Charles Herring Jr. , Lauren Ross , Herring & Panzer L.L.P., 1411 West Avenue, Suite 100, Austin, TX 78701-1537, David Andrew Rogers , Law Office of David Rogers, 1201 Spyglass, Suite 100, Austin, TX 78746, Kurt Kuhn , Lisa B. Hobbs , Kuhn Hobbs PLLC, 3307 Northland Drive, Suite 310, Austin, TX 78731, for Respondent.

Anna Eby , Eby Law Firm, PLLC, 302 N. Lampasas Street, Round Rock, TX 78664, Mark A. Cohen , Cohen Legal Services, 805 W. 10th St., Suite 100, Austin, TX 78701-2029, for Other interested party.

This appeal is from a summary judgment in an election contest for a city council seat. The summary judgment declares the contestee (the candidate who received the most votes) the winner of the election and sanctions the contestor (the losing candidate) and her attorney for bringing several frivolous claims. We must decide whether the sanctions...

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