Brown v City of Houston, et al., 22-0256 (Tex, February 3, 2023) In response to a U.S. 5th Circuit certified question, the Texas Supreme Court held that under Texas law, a person wrongfully imprisoned cannot maintain a claim if the person receives
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The City of Brady and Brady Police Department v. William Dale Scott, 08-20-00155-CV (Tex. App. – El Paso, Aug. 16, 2021). The El Paso Court of Appeals determined it did not have jurisdiction to hear an interlocutory appeal from a Chapter 47
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James Richards v. Marsha McLane, in Her Official Capacity as Director of the Texas Civil Commitment Office, 07-20-00306-CV, (Tex. App – Amarillo, July 6, 2021) This is a declaratory judgment/ultra vires type case where the Amarillo Court of Appeals affirmed the granting
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Data Foundry, Inc. v City of Austin, 19-0475 (Tex. April 9, 2021) This is a utility rate challenge case. However, the issue considered by the Texas Supreme Court is whether the company purchasing electricity has standing to sue. The Court held it
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Lakshmana Viswanath v. The City of Laredo, 04-20-00152-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, April 14, 2021) This is an appeal from a city ethics commission determination where the San Antonio Court of Appeals affirmed the commission’s finding but reversed the award of
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St. John Missionary Baptist Church, et al, v Merle Flakes, et al, 18-0228, (Tex. Feb. 7, 2020). The Texas Supreme Court held in this case, which will be of interest to litigators and appellate practitioners, that the courts of appeals have authority
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In re Lujan, 08-15-00286-CV, 2019 WL 1922765, (Tex. App. – El Paso, April 30, 2019). This is a mandamus case involving and order the Justice of the Peace for Precinct 6 in El Paso to vacate an order falling outside of his
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Wise County, et al v. Katherine Mastropiero, 02-18-00378-CV (Tex. App. – Fort Worth, August 9, 2019) In this case, the Fort Worth Court of Appeals held that the district court had jurisdiction to hear a property owner’s claims the County must maintain
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The governing body can regulate sewers and privies (Tex. Health & Safety Code Ann. § 342.002); trash, rubbish, filth, carrion, or other impure or unwholesome matter (Tex. Health & Safety Code Ann. § 342.003); weeds, brush, and nuisance level vegetation (Tex. Health
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Texas Voices for Reason and Justice, Inc. v. The City of Meadows Place, 14-17-00473-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.] July 19, 2018). This is a challenge to a sex-offender residency restriction ordinance (SORRO) which the 14th Court of Appeals held
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