Dollarway Patrons for Better Schools and Felix Smart, Debbie Jenkins, Jaime Barajas and Mary Pringos (individually…

Summary

The court affirmed dismissal of the taxpayers’ illegal-exaction complaint arising from allegedly misleading pamphlets circulated before a school-millage election. It held that the existing rule governing when election-related misinformation can invalidate an election should not be extended to unofficial statements by election proponents when the official election documents were accurate. The court also upheld the stay of discovery because the threshold issue was a legal question requiring no further factual development.