Christopher Jenkins v. City of Cedar Park, Texas, 03-13-00215-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, July 24, 2014). This is a Chapter 143 civil service appeal from an indefinite suspension of a fire fighter where the Austin Court of Appeals affirmed the City’s plea
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City of Dallas v. Highway 205 Farms, LTD et al, 05-13-00951-CV (Tex. App. – Dallas, July 22, 2013). This is a condemnation case where the trial court dismissed the case at the administrative stage, but the 5th Court of Appeals issued a
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MARK BERNHARD v. CITY OF ARANSAS PASS, TEXAS 13-13-00354-CV (Tex. App. — Corpus Christi, July 17, 2014). This is a Texas Tort Claims Act/Recreational Use Statute case in which the 13th Court of Appeals reversed the granting of the City’s plea to
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Mark Baker v. The City of Farmers Branch, Texas, et al. Cause No. 05-13-01174-CV (Tex. App. –Dallas, July 15, 2014) This is a Texas Open Meetings Act (“TOMA”) case where the Plaintiff sued to compel compliance of TOMA. The City settled a
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Hernandez v. United States No. 11-50792 c/w Nos. 12-50217 & 12-50301(5th Cir. June 30, 2014). This is a Fourth and Fifth Amendment U.S. Constitutional case where the 5th Circuit affirmed the dismissal of the United States and supervisors but reversed as to
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Jay Anthony v. The Board of Adjustment of the City of Stephenville, Texas; Cause No. 11-12-00159-CV (Tex. App. Eastland, July 10, 2014). This is a Board of Adjustment appeal from the denial of a permit to operate a convenience store. Anthony wanted
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Wasson Interests, Ltd. v. City of Jacksonville, Texas; Cause No. 12-13-00262-CV (Tex. App. –Tyler, July 9, 2014) In this case the Tyler court of appeals joins the Fourth Court of Appeals in a split in the courts regarding whether the proprietary-governmental dichotomy
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The University of Houston v. John Casey, 01-13-00684-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist.], July 3, 2014_ This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction in a Texas Whistleblower Act case. The 1st District Court of
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Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, et al. v Denbury Onshore, LLC, et al. 03-11-00891-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, July 3, 2014) This is a suit involving the granting of a permit by the TCEQ for wastewater disposal. There is a lot of
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LA JOYA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL v. RUTH VILLARREAL, 13-13-00325-CV (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi, July 3, 2014). This is a breach of contract and Texas Tort Claims Act case. In 2005 the District and American Administrative Group, Inc. (“AAG”) entered
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