Chin Wu v City of San Antonio, No. 04-10-00836-CV (Tex. Civ. App. – San Antonio March 6, 2013). This is a dangerous structure/inverse condemnation takings case where the 4th Court of Appeals reversed the order granting the City of San Antonio’s summary
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Aguilar v. Williams No. 11-51069 (5th Circuit, February 19, 2013). This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of qualified immunity asserted by two police officers in their motion for summary judgment. The only thing significant about this case is the Court
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Redburn v City of Victoria, 13-12-00215-CV, (Tex. Civ. App. – Corpus Christi, February 28, 2013). Redburn purchased two tracts of property in 2004, one of which had a pre-existing concrete culvert which has been part of the City’s Storm Sewer System. After
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Texas Municipal Power Agency v Johnston, NO. 01-12-00873-CV, (Tex. Civ. App. Houston [1st Dist], February 28, 2013). This is an injunction case by a property owner trying to stop a threatened condemnation process. TMPA filed a plea to the jurisdiction which was
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UT South Western v Gentilello, NO. 10-0582, ____S.W.3d____ (Tex. February 22, 2013) This is a Texas Whistleblower Act case where the question is whether or not the report of alleged illegal activity to a supervisor who has the ability to refer violations
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Bryan S. Foster d/b/a Jaguars Gold Club v. City of El Paso, No. 08-10-00157-CV, Court of Appeals for Eighth District (February 20, 2013.) Plaintiff Foster appeals the trial court’s granting of the City of El Paso’s motion for summary judgment related to
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San Jacinto County Sheriff’s Office v. Sabrina Butler, NO. 09-12-00442-CV, Court of Appeals for the Ninth District (February 21, 2013) This case is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a motion to dismiss. The suit arises out of a collision involving
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New Braunsfels v STOP, NO. 03-12-00528-CV, Third Court of Appeals (February 21, 2013) This is an opinion which essentially denied the City’s Plea to the Jurisdiction. The City had a collection of ordinances designed to limit or eliminate the “over consumption” of
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Southern Crushed Concrete v City of Houston, NO. 11-0270, ___S.W.3d ____ (Tex. February 15, 2013). In this case from the Texas Supreme Court the Court held that the Texas Clean Air Act (“TCAA”) preempts certain local ordinances even if the ordinance is
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Wood v City of Texas City This is a public nuisance/substandard building case in a city utilizing a Buildings and Standards Commission. Wood owned, among many others, two properties in Galveston County which he purchased at a foreclosure sale. Following Hurricane Ike,
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