IN RE WOODFILL

NO. 14-0667.

470 S.W.3d 473 (2015)

IN RE Jared WOODFILL et al., Relators.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion Delivered: July 24, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander Lyle Kaplan, Geoffrey L. Harrison, Kristen Schlemmer, Susman Godfrey LLP, Andrew Paul Price, Edward B. Adams, Geraldine Young, Seth Isgur, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, David M. Feldman, James M. Corbett, Lynette Fons, City of Houston Legal Department, Judith Lee Ramsey, Senior Assistant City Attorney, City of Houston Legal Department, Houston, Katie Dolan-Galaviz, Haynes Boone LLP, Dallas, Kent Rutter, Lynne Liberato, William Feldman, Haynes and Boone LLP, Houston, for City of Houston and Houston City Council, and Annise D. Parker, Mayor of City of Houston.

Alexander Lyle Kaplan, Geoffrey L. Harrison, Kristen Schlemmer, Susman Godfrey LLP, Andrew Paul Price, Edward B. Adams, Geraldine Young, Seth Isgur, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Houston, Katie Dolan-Galaviz, Haynes Boone LLP, Dallas, Kent Rutter, Lynne Liberato, William Feldman, Haynes and Boone LLP, Houston, for Anna Russell, Houston City Secretary.

Amanda Eileen Staine Peterson, William A. `Andy' Taylor, Andy Taylor & Associates, P.C., Brenham, for Steven F. Hotze, MD, Max Miller, F.N. Williams, Sr., and Jared Woodfill.


Residents of the City of Houston filed a referendum petition requesting the City Council to reconsider and repeal its equal rights ordinance and, if it did not repeal the ordinance, to put it to popular vote. The City Council refused, claiming the petition was invalid. Though the ordinance is steeped in controversy, the legal principles at...

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