El Paso Church Asks Texas Supreme Court to Hear Recall Case

On March 7, an El Paso Church filed an expedited appeal with the Texas Supreme Court, in Tom Brown Ministries v Cook. The State Appeals Court had ruled that a recall petition is invalid, even though it had enough valid signatures, because a church did a great deal of the work organizing support for the recall and that church happens to be incorporated. Here is the 63-page brief filed by the church (the argument itself is only 18 pages, and then there are appendices attached).


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El Paso Church Asks Texas Supreme Court to Hear Recall Case — 2 Comments

  1. While the litigants are attempting to frame it in broader terms, the actual opinion of the Appeals Court was fairly narrow. And the Texas Supreme Court could take the first suggestion and let the election go forward and then contest the results later (just as Heidi Fuller should have done).

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