Greater Houston Partnership v Gregg Abbott, Texas Attorney General This is a Public Information Act (PIA) case, but not your typical case. The Court of Appeals was asked to determine if a private contractor who had a contract with the City of
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City of Houston v Aster This is on a motion to reconsider en banc which the court granted and issued this substitute ruling. Aster alleges the City of Houston beached a contract for a construction project and certain computer and technical services.
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Harris County Fresh Water Supply District v FWO Development, LTD This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of the jurisdictional arguments contained within the District’s motion for summary judgment. The case has a lot of history involved, but the main thing
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CTL v Starwood Homeowner’s Association While this isn’t a local government case, it has some impact on certain things city and county litigators do. Plus, it’s a Texas Supreme Court case, so it carries just a little bit of weight with the
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Below is a Texas Supreme Court case of interest to municipal attorneys and litigators. The City of Houston issued a demolition permit to a neighbor of Kenneth S. Jones. While performing work under the permit the neighbor destroyed part of Jones’s home. Jones
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