Harris County Appraisal District v. Integrity Title Company LLC and Marian Cones, 01-15-00145-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist.], December 15, 2015) This is a Public Information Act (“PIA”) case where the First District Court of Appeals affirmed a trial court order
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The City of Beaumont v. Cody Garrett and Cherry Jones Gates, 09-15-00093-CV (Tex. App. – Beaumont, December 10, 2015). This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction in a Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”) defective traffic
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Ortiz v. City of San Antonio Fire Department No. 15-50341 (5th Cir. November 17, 2015). This is an appeal from the granting of the City’s summary judgment motion which the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed in this genetic and national origin
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The United Healthcare Choice Plus Plan for City of Austin Employees and The City of Austin v. Charles Lesniak, 03-15-00309-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, December 1, 2015) This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction which
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The City of Houston v. Kelley Street Associates, LLC, 14-14-00818-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.], November 30, 2015). This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction in a Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”) case in
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Board of Regents, Texas State University System, and Texas State University-San Marcos v. Stephanie Paige Steinbach, 03-14-00326-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, November 24, 2015) This is an interlocutory appeal in a Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”) slip and fall case were the
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The City of Lubbock, Texas v. Lazaro Walck, 07-15-00078-CV (Tex. App. – Amarillo, November 16, 2015). This is an interlocutory appeal in a Texas Whistleblower Act case where the Amarillo Court of Appeals reversed and rendered in part, dismissed in part, and
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Mullenix v. Luna 14-1143, 2015 WL 6829329 (U.S. Nov. 9, 2015) The U.S. Supreme Court issued this qualified immunity case in a police chase/§1983 lawsuit granting the officer involved immunity for shooting a fleeing suspect. When officers in Tulia Texas attempted to
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Vincent v. City of Sulphur No. 15-30182 (5th Cir. October 28, 2015) This is a §1983 lawsuit where the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted qualified immunity to police officers who issued a no trespass warning to an individual
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15 days of notice sufficient for court to hear plea to the jurisdiction says Dallas Court of Appeals
Thornton v. City of Plano, Texas, 05-14-01120-CV (Tex. App. – Dallas, November 2, 2015). This is a gender discrimination/retaliation case where the Dallas Court of Appeals affirmed the order granting the City’s plea to the jurisdiction. Thorton was a Plano police officer
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