Texas Supreme Court

Bill Chenault, Relators v. the Honorable Tom Phillips, Dan Morales, John T. Adams, and Martha Whitehead, In…

January 11, 199639 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 204

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court held that it lacks original jurisdiction to consider the relators' petition challenging the constitutionality of the Attorney Occupation Tax and therefore denied their motion for leave to file the original petition. The Court emphasized that such constitutional challenges must be brought in district court and appealed thereafter.