Gibson v. Couch’s Empirical Analysis
1941
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Trinity Independent School Dist. v. District Trustees · Millhollon v. Stanton Independent School Dist. · Miller v. School Trustees of Milam County · Florey Common School Dist. No. 5 v. County Board of School Trustees · Board of School Trustees v. Woodrow Independent School Dist.
Most-quoted passages
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““Accordingly, we hold that the initial discretion of the board to create the proposed district being absolute, it might exercise same upon a named condition, and that it appearing here that same was so exercised, as conclusively appears from the corrected minutes of said board, the trial court erred in attempting to control such discretion, by granting the writ of mandamus prayed for by appel-lees.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Royalty v. Nicholson
How this case has been treated — in progress
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