City of El Paso v Grossman, 02-17-00384-CV (Tex. App. – El Paso, August 30, 2018). Max Grossman, an assistant professor of Art History at the University of Texas-El Paso and who serves on the El Paso County Historical Commission, sought a declaratory
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Christopher Wernert v. City of Dublin, 11-16-00104-CV (Tex. App. – Eastland, August 30, 2018). This is an employment discrimination case were the Eastland Court of Appeals affirmed the granting of the City’s dispositive motion. Wernert was a police officer for the
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Darvus Henry v. City of Midland, 11-16-00265-CV (Tex. App. – Eastland, August 31, 2018). This is a Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”) vehicle collision case where the Eastland Court of Appeals upheld the granting of the City’s plea to the jurisdiction based
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Jefferson County, Texas v. Ellarene Farris, et al., 01-17-00493-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.], August 31, 2018). This is an interlocutory appeal in a wrongful death case where the 14th Court of Appeals reversed the denial of Jefferson County’s plea to
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Stiff v. Kaufman Indep. Sch. Dist., 05-17-00988-CV, 2018 WL 3725278, at *1 (Tex. App.—Dallas August 6, 2018) (mem. op.). This is a school bus/drop-off case brought under the Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”). The Dallas Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s
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In re Sylvester Turner, Mayor and Dave Martin, Houston City Council Member 14-18-00649-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.], Aug. 23, 2018) This is an original mandamus where the 14th District Court of Appeals in Houston reversed a trial judge’s order
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ODonnell v. Harris County, et al., No. 18-20466 (5th Cir. Aug. 14, 2018). Plaintiffs brought a class action against Harris County and numerous officials, including judges and hearing officers under §1983 asserting the system for setting bail for indigent misdemeanor arrests violates
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Martin Molina v. City of Pasadena, 14-17-00524-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.], August 21, 2018). This is a vehicle accident/Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”) case where the 14th District Court of Appeals affirmed the granting of the City’s plea to
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Jason Roche v. City of Austin, 03-17-00727-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, August 21, 2018). This is a vehicle accident/Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”) case were the Austin Court of Appeals affirmed the granting of a dismissal order. Police Officer Nguyen was
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City of Lancaster v. White Rock Commercial, LLC, 05-17-00583-CV (Tex. App. – Dallas, Aug. 20, 2018). The Dallas Court of Appeals reversed-in-part and affirmed-in-part a $4.7 million-dollar verdict against the City of Lancaster arising out of an alleged breach of an
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