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<br />......... <br /> <br />~" <br /> <br />.". <br />.. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />DONALD W. RAY <br />RANDALL BUCK WOOD <br /> <br />B. THOMAS HENDERSON <br /> <br />RAY &: WOOD <br />ATTORN~S AT LAW <br />1212 SOUTHWEST TOWER <br />AUSTIN. TEXAS 78701 <br /> <br />AREA CODE 512 <br />477-3593 <br /> <br />December 21, 1979 <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: All affected independent school districts and municipal~t~es <br />which are clients of Ray & Wood. <br /> <br />FROM: Ray & Wood, Attorneys at ~ <br /> <br />RE: City of Houston v. Rodeheaver (Property Tax Appraisal District <br />litigation) <br /> <br />We want to bring you up to date' on this lawsuit and ask your <br />assistance in defeating the efforts of the City of Houston to <br />reconstitute the existing board. <br /> <br />The City of Houston first filed this suit on November 13, 1979 <br />seeking to enjoin the County Clerk from certifying the results of <br />the election. Our firm was retained to represent the position of <br />defendants. On Friday, November 16, 1979 a hearing was held on a <br />Temporary Injunction. We 'appeared and asked the court to abate <br />the suit since the City had not joined as parties all of the taxing <br />entities necessary to this suit. The Judge granted our motion and <br />abated the suit. . . <br /> <br />In response to that ruling, the 'City of Houston replead their <br />suit and refiled on November 28, 1979. A hearing was set for <br />Thursday, December 20, 1979 and at that hearing the City was denied <br />its request for a Temporary Injunction. However, we expect the <br />trial to be set in early January, 1980 and the defendants need to <br />take some action in the meantime. <br /> <br />q!l.e .,9t_ the _11l~.J..~..!.~I?,.J?y. the....Cm--9Laew-a-t.QD.-i&'-.otHat..; the <br />resolutions .Jfi~t: w,ere passed by the taxing entities, a.!,e"YQip <br />because they. we+"e lia.ssed'-b'-~fore--'S-eptembei' 1, 1'979, ,the date on which <br />the ~_o..Q.~r~.Y....:r{qc:,;.Cq~~ took effect. 7 We do' not thinK that 'thiscon- <br />tenx10n is correct under' the law. However, we can protect ourselves <br />