Constitutional Challenge, Declaratory Judgments, Land Use, Separation of Powers, Sign Regulation, Ultra Vires

City’s billboard registration fee determined to be unconstitutional tax

Reagan National Advertising of Austin, Inc. d/b/a Reagan National Advertising v. City of Austin, Texas; and Marc A. Ott, being sued in his Official Capacity 03-15-00370-CV (Tex. App.- Austin, June 15, 2016) This is a case to determine whether a billboard registration
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Employment Law, Separation of Powers, Sovereign Immunity, Whistleblower

District judge not an “appropriate law enforcement authority” under Whistleblower Act says Austin Court of Appeals

Hunt County Community Supervision and Corrections Department v. Christina Gaston, 03-13-00189-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, August 6, 2014). This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction in a Texas Whistleblower Act lawsuit. A majority panel of
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Agency, Constitutional Challenge, Contracts, Declaratory Judgments, Separation of Powers, Sovereign Immunity, Ultra Vires

Library’s suit is really one attempting to control discretionary governmental functions for which no waiver of sovereign immunity exists says 13th Court of Appeals

Texas Music Library and Research Center v. Texas Department of Transportation and Phil Wilson, Executive Director, Cause No. 13-13-00600-CV (Tex. App.- Corpus Christi, July 31, 2014) This is mainly an agency dispute over the providing of grants. However, the important piece for
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Constitutional Challenge, Declaratory Judgments, Litigation, Separation of Powers, Sovereign Immunity

13th Court of Appeals holds determination of City boundaries is a political question that courts have no jurisdiction to hear

CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS v. CITY OF INGLESIDE, 13-13-00088-CV (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi, May 29, 2014). This is a dispute between two cities and their municipal boundaries where the definition of “shoreline” in their ordinances became critical. The trial court
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