The City of Stafford, Texas v. Joe Svadlenak 14-18-00089-CV, 2018 WL 3734021 (Tex. App – Houston [1st Dist.], August 7, 2018) This is a Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”)/premise defect case where the First District Court of Appeals reversed the denial
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Triple BB, LLC v. The Village of Briarcliff, Texas, 03-17-00149-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, Aug. 15, 2018). This is an appeal from the granting of the Village of Briarcliff’s plea to the jurisdiction in a case involving a billboard. The Austin Court
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Elias v Griffith, et al, 01-17-00333-CV, 2018 WL 3233587 (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist.], July 3, 2018.) This is a defamation case brought against individual city officials for acts performed within their course and scope of employment. The First District Court
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Shillinglaw v. Baylor Univ., 05-17-00498-CV, 2018 WL 3062451, at *1 (Tex. App.—Dallas June 21, 2018, no pet. h.) (mem. op). This is a Texas Citizens’ Participation Act ( “TCPA) case where the individual governmental officials were awarded fees and costs after the
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Shannon Nicole Washer, et al. v. City of Borger, 07-16-00413-CV (Tex. App. – Amarillo, July 31, 2018). In this case the Amarillo Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of the Plaintiffs’ claims challenging the constitutionality of an animal control ordinance and a
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Jefferson County, Texas v. Cherisse Jackson, 09-17-00197-CV (Tex. App. – Beaumont, July 26, 2018). This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction in an employment suit where the Beaumont Court of Appeals reversed and dismissed the
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Laredo Jet Center, LLC v. City of Laredo, 04-17-00316-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, July 25, 2018) This is an FBO lease dispute where the San Antonio Court of Appeals affirmed-in-part and reversed-in-part a summary judgment motion issued in favor of
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Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc. v. Texas Department of Transportation, 05-17-01245-CV (Tex. App. – Dallas, July 20, 2018). This is a Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”)/vehicle accident case where the Dallas Court of Appeals reversed an order dismissing the third-party claims against
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Farr et. al. v Arlington ISD, 02-17-00196-CV (Tex. App. – Fort Worth, July 19, 2018) In this asserted ultra vires case, the Fort Worth Court of Appeals affirmed the granting of the school district defendants’ plea to the jurisdiction. The Plaintiffs comprise
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Texas Voices for Reason and Justice, Inc. v. The City of Meadows Place, 14-17-00473-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.] July 19, 2018). This is a challenge to a sex-offender residency restriction ordinance (SORRO) which the 14th Court of Appeals held
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