Board of Adjustment of the City of Dallas v. Billingsley Family Limited Partnership, 05-12-00199-CV (Tex. App. – Dallas, August 27, 2013). This is an appeal from a trial court order reversing a ruling of the Board of Adjustment of the City
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Texas Commission on Environmental Quality v City of Waco, No. 11-0729 ( Tex. August 23, 2013) This is an administrative law case where the City of Waco was denied the ability to have a contested case challenge to a permit issued to
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Chin Wu v City of San Antonio, No. 04-10-00836-CV (Tex. Civ. App. – San Antonio August 14, 2013) This is a dangerous structure/takings opinion out of the San Antonio Court of Appeals. This opinion withdrew the prior opinion issued on March 6,
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Esters v. Texas Department of Transportation, et al, No. 14-11-00977-CV (Tex. App. Houston [14th Dist.] July 30, 2013.) This is an employment discrimination case where the central issue turns on the 300 day statutory deadline for filing a claim. Plaintiff Esters,
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Villas at Parkside Partners v. City of Farmers Branch, Texas No. 10-10751 (5th Cir. July 22, 2013) This is a consolidated appeal heard en banc with the central issue being whether municipal ordinances restricting rental housing based on immigration status is
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The Texas State Office of Administrative Hearings v. Birch et al, 04-12-00681-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, July 24, 2013). This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction arising from several alleged employment claims. The
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Biesenbach v. The City of San Antonio, 04-11-00900-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, July 17, 2013) This is a civil service hearing examiner appeal with an odd procedural history. Biesenbach was a firefighter who received a notice of indefinite suspension from the
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Miller et. al v Jefferson County, NO. 03-11-00521-CV, (Tex. App. – Austin, July 11, 2013). Miller et. al v Jefferson County Drainage District No. 6, et al, NO. 03-11-00817-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, July 11, 2013). In these two related appeals, the
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Houston Independent School District v. Rose, 01-13-00018-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist.] July 2, 2013). This is a failure to exhaust administrative remedies case which deprives the trial court of subject matter jurisdiction. The court’s analysis is important to consider when
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University of Tex. Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar, No 12-484 (June 24, 2013) In another 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Title VII retaliation claims must be proved according to traditional principles of but-for causation. This is opposed to the
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