Allen Mark Dacus, Elizabeth C. Perez, And Rev. Robert Jefferson v Annise D. Parker and City of Houston. 13-0047, (Tex. June 12, 2015). This is an election contest case in which the Texas Supreme Court held the ballot did not make
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Harris County Flood Control District and Harris County, Texsas v Edward A. And Norma Kerr, Et Al.,13-0303, (Tex. June, 12, 2015) This is an inverse condemnation case in a flooding matter allegedly resulting from the failure to mitigate development runoff. The Texas
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PARTNERS DEWATERING INTERNATIONAL, L.C. v. CITY OF RIO HONDO 13-13-00340-CV (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi, June 11, 2015) This is an interlocutory appeal from the granting of a plea to the jurisdiction in a contract case which the 13th Court of Appeals
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Lloyd Douglas v. City of Kemp 05-14-00475-CV (Tex. App. – Dallas, June 9, 2015). The Dallas Court of Appeals affirmed the granting of a plea to the jurisdiction in this suit for the alleged failure to honor a tax abatement. Douglas alleged
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William Marsh Rice University and Rice University Police Department and Officer Henry Cash v. Michael Clayton Thomas 01-14-00908-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist.] June 4, 2015). This is a false arrest case in which the First District Court of Appeals reversed
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ACE Cash Express, Inc. v. The City of Denton, Texas 02-14-00146-CV (Tex. App. – Fort Worth, June 4, 2015). This is a case involving a company’s attempt to invalidate a city ordinance regulating credit access businesses in which the Fort Worth Court
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Adriana P. Perez v Webb County, 04-14-00275-CV, (Tex. App. — San Antonio, June 3, 2015) This is an automobile accident case under the Texas Tort Claims Act which resulted in a lead opinion, a concurring opinion for very different reasons and a
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The Gil Ramirez Group, L.L.C. v. Houston Independent School District 13-20753 (5th Cir. May 18, 2015). This is a bribery and federal Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”), claim case against the Houston Independent School District (“HISD”), a former HISD trustee (“Marshall”)
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Town of DISH, et al v. Enbridge Gathering (North Texas) L.P., et al., 07-13-00391-CV (Tex. App. – Amarillo, June 1, 2015) This is a consolidation of three separate cases with multiple parties and multiple defendants with certain procedural complexities. For the
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Ceellu Williams v Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 10-15-00005-CV (Tex.App. –Waco, May 22, 2015). This is an appeal from the granting of a plea to the jurisdiction where the Waco Court of Appeals held there was no waiver of immunity under
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