GREATER HOUSTON PARTNERSHIP v. KEN PAXTON 13-0745 (Tex. June 26, 2015) This is a Public Information Act (“PIA”) case where the Texas Supreme Court holds that contrary to the Attorney General’s interpretation, certain private entities contacting with the state are not subject
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Obergefell v. Hodges 14–556 (June 26, 2015). The U.S. Supreme Court held the Fourteenth Amendment requires a State to license a marriage between two people of the same sex and to recognize a same sex marriage when lawfully licensed and performed out-of-State.
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The City of Conroe, et al v. TPProperty LLC 09-13-00509-CV (Tex. App. – Beaumont, June 25, 2015). This is a breach of contract case involving a type of HOT agreement and tax abatement in which the Beaumont Court of Appeals modified the
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Darrell Church v. City of Alvin, Texas 01-13-00865-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist.] June 25, 2015) In this inverse condemnation involving decrease access to a driveway entrance the Houston First District Court of Appeals affirmed the granting of the City’s plea
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In re University of the Incarnate Word 04-15-00242-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, June 24, 2015) This is a mandamus case regarding discovery and will be in interest primarily for litigators. However, it addresses the interlocutory appeal and automatic stay provisions and
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Kingsley v. Hendrickson 14-6368 (U.S. June 22, 2015) This is an excessive force case where the U.S. Supreme Court held the subjective awareness of individual officers was not relevant but the jury could have been confused by the instruction. [Comment: the officers
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Los Angeles v. Patel 13-1175 (U.S. June 22, 2015) In this case the U.S. Supreme Court analyzed the standards for making facial challenges to particular city ordinances. After analyzing the specific ordinance, the Court held the City’s ordinance unconstitutional. The City of
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Reed v Town of Gilbert, 13-502 (U.S. June 18, 2015). This is a sign code case in which the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated the Town’s code as being content based and could not survive strict scrutiny. The Town of Gilbert (“Town”) has
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THE BOEING COMPANY AND THE GREATER KELLY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY N/K/A THE PORT AUTHORITY OF SAN ANTONIO v. KEN PAXTON, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS, 12-1007 (Tex. June 19, 2015). This is a Public Information Act request lawsuit involving competitive information. The Texas Supreme
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EDITH SUAREZ, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SURVIVING PARENT OF A.S. AND S.S., DECEASED, AND AS SURVIVING SPOUSE OF HECTOR SUAREZ, DECEASED v. THE CITY OF TEXAS CITY, 13-0947 (Tex. June 19, 2015) This interlocutory appeal granting a municipality’s plea to the jurisdiction in
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