Cole v. Carson No. 14-10228 c/w No. 15-10045 (5th Cir. September 25, 2015), This is an excessive force/qualified immunity case where the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the denial of law enforcement officers’ qualified immunity motions. However, the
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Joyce Janette Riddle v. City of Abilene 11-14-00146-CV (Tex. App. – Eastland, October 1, 2015) This is a premise defect/Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”) case where the Eastland Court of Appeals affirmed the granting of a plea to the jurisdiction for the
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Sidney B. Hale, Jr. v. City of Bonham, 06-15-00021-CV (Tex. App. – Texarkana, September 23, 2015) This is a lease/premise liability case where the Texarkana Court of Appeals dismissed the plaintiffs’ claims as the City was immune from suit. Hale rented an
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Stephanie Hoskins Brown v. The City of Georgetown, et al. 03-14-00231-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, September 22, 2015) This is a civil service case where the threshold question is whether an officer’s termination was disciplinary in nature or the result of her
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Texas Supreme Court holds the recreational use statute does not apply to egress from a baseball game
LOUIE LAWSON, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF CAROLYN BURNS v. CITY OF DIBOLL, 15-0037 (Tex. September 18, 2015) This is a recreation use statute case where the Texas Supreme Court reversed the granting of a plea to the jurisdiction and remanded back
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Jody Weiderman v. The City of Arlington, 02-15-00120-CV (Tex. App. – Fort Worth, September 17, 2015). This is an election case where the Second Court of Appeals upheld the granting of a plea to the jurisdiction essentially holding a citizen could not
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Bell v. Itawamba County School Board No. 12-60264 (5th Cir. August 20, 2015). In an en banc opinion, the majority determined that when off-campus speech directly affects campus activities, the speech can be regulated without violating the First Amendment. Away from school
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Gregory R. Mattox and Barbara Wilkerson v. Grimes County Commissioners’ Court, 01-14-00535-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist.], August 27, 2015) Mattox and Wilkerson own lots within a subdivision. They filed applications with the County to close a public roadway on the
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City of Bastrop v. Chyanne M. Bryant, 03-14-00591-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, August 27, 2015). This is an interlocutory appeal in a Recreational Use case where the City appealed the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction. The Austin Court of Appeals
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TXU Energy Retail Company L.L.C. v. Fort Bend Independent School District, 05-14-01515-CV (Tex. App. – Dallas, August 25, 2015). This is a sovereign immunity in contract case where the Fifth District Court of Appeals affirmed the granting of FBISD’s plea to the
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