Coyote Lake Ranch, LLC v City of Lubbock, 14-0572 (Tex. May 27, 2016) This is a dispute over a groundwater lease owned by the City and whether the accommodation doctrine (which is founded in oil and gas law) applies. The Texas Supreme
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The University of Texas at Austin v. Beverly Kearney, 03-14-00500-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, May 3, 2016) This is an employment case where the Austin Court of Appeals reversed in part and affirmed in part the denial of the University’s plea to
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Trinidad Rivera v. Port Arthur Independent School District, et al., 13-14-00214-CV (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi, April 21, 2016). This is an employment retaliation case where the 13th Court of Appeals affirmed the granting of a judgment notwithstanding the verdict on behalf
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Captain Edwin Scott Hilburn v. The City of Houston, Texas; and Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas 07-15-00158-CV (Tex. App. – Amarillo, January 21, 2016). This is a Public Information Act (“PIA”) case involving promotional examination documentation. The City conducted the Houston
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Jack County Appraisal District v. Jack County Hospital District 02-14-00188-CV (Tex. App. – Fort Worth, January 14, 2016). This is an interesting case of when a governmental entity can be charged for taxes paid by a third-party vender to another governmental entity.
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Texas Supreme Court holds the recreational use statute does not apply to egress from a baseball game
LOUIE LAWSON, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF CAROLYN BURNS v. CITY OF DIBOLL, 15-0037 (Tex. September 18, 2015) This is a recreation use statute case where the Texas Supreme Court reversed the granting of a plea to the jurisdiction and remanded back
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Lloyd Douglas v. City of Kemp 05-14-00475-CV (Tex. App. – Dallas, June 9, 2015). The Dallas Court of Appeals affirmed the granting of a plea to the jurisdiction in this suit for the alleged failure to honor a tax abatement. Douglas alleged
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The Gil Ramirez Group, L.L.C. v. Houston Independent School District 13-20753 (5th Cir. May 18, 2015). This is a bribery and federal Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”), claim case against the Houston Independent School District (“HISD”), a former HISD trustee (“Marshall”)
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T-Mobile South, LLC v. City of Roswell, 13-975 (January 14, 2015). This is a Telecommunication Act case where the City of Roswell, Georgia denied an application to build a cell tower on residential property but failed to specify the grounds in its
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Rebecca Schoffstall v. City of Corpus Christi, 13-13-00531-CV (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi, August 25, 2014). This is a contractual immunity case involving a community development program. The 13th Court of Appeals affirmed the granting of the City’s plea to the jurisdiction.
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