The City of Austin d/b/a Austin Energy v. Liberty Mutual Insurance, et al 03-13-00551-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, May 16, 2014). This is an interlocutory appeal in an inverse-condemnation and TTCA case where the trial court denied the City’s Rule 91a motion
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Doe v. Robertson, No. 13-50459 (5th Cir. May 6, 2014). This is an interlocutory appeal in a qualified immunity case. It arises from allegations by several female immigrants under 42 U.S.C. §1983 (5th and 8th Amendment claims) that they were sexually assaulted
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The City of Houston v. Mary McGowen, 14-13-00415-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.], May 15, 2014). This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction in a vehicle accident case under the Texas Tort Claims
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CAMERON COUNTY v. SUSAN ANN VANO, 13-13-00114-CV (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi, May 15, 2014). This is an appeal from the denial of a summary judgment asserting jurisdictional defenses under the Texas Tort Claims Act (essentially an interlocutory appeal from the denial
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City of Bryan/Building and Standards Commission v. Kenneth Cavitt, 10-13-00259-CV (Tex. App. – Waco, May 8, 2014). This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction in a structural standards case. The Waco Court of Appeals affirmed
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Kountze Independent School District v. Coti Matthews, 09-13-00251-CV (Tex. App. — Beaumont, May 8, 2014). This is a religious freedom case brought to the court of appeals as an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction. The parents
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Tolan v. Cotton No. 13-551 (U.S. May 5, 2014,) This is a police officer qualified immunity case where the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the 5th Circuit’s grant of qualified immunity. Officer Cotton fired three bullets at Tolan puncturing his right lung. Tolan
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Town of Greece v. Galloway, 12-696 (U.S. May 5, 2014) This is a First Amendment/Establishment Clause case where citizens challenged the Town’s use of a particular prayer at council meetings. The trial court dismissed the claims, but the 2nd Circuit reversed. The
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The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston v. Teresa McQueen et al. 14-13-00605-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.], May 6, 2014). This is a Texas Tort Claims Act case where the primary issue is whether the entity had actual
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The City of Keller v. Hall, et al, 02-12-00061-CV (Tex. App. – Fort Worth, May 1, 2014). This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction in a flooding/inverse condemnation case. The Fort Worth Court of Appeals
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