home-rule cities on Texas Appeals Journalhttps://texasappeals.org/topics/home-rule-cities/Clinical descriptions of the Texas appellate decisions drawing the most press coverage.Hugo -- gohugo.ioen-usMon, 04 Aug 2025 07:00:00 -0500Third Court of Appeals Dismisses Cities’ Challenge to Texas Regulatory Consistency Act for Lack of Standinghttps://texasappeals.org/2025/08/state-v-city-of-houston-hb-2127/Mon, 04 Aug 2025 07:00:00 -0500https://texasappeals.org/2025/08/state-v-city-of-houston-hb-2127/The court held that Houston, San Antonio and El Paso did not plead an injury-in-fact or an injury traceable to the State of Texas, reversed a trial-court judgment declaring House Bill 2127 unconstitutional, and dismissed the suit without prejudice. The court did not decide whether the Act is constitutional.Supreme Court of Texas Orders Dallas to Remove Three Council-Initiated Charter Propositions From November Ballothttps://texasappeals.org/2024/09/in-re-dallas-hero-charter-propositions/Mon, 16 Sep 2024 07:00:00 -0500https://texasappeals.org/2024/09/in-re-dallas-hero-charter-propositions/The court held that the ballot language for the City Council’s Propositions K, M and N was misleading because it did not disclose that each conflicted with and proposed to nullify a citizen-initiated charter amendment on the same ballot. It directed the City to remove the three propositions.