Comunidad Balboa, LLC v. The City of Nassau Bay, et al. 14-12-00619-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.] June 13, 2013). This is an appeal from a non-profit developer whose claims were dismissed in the City of Nassau Bay’s plea to the
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Crostley v. Lamar County, Texas No. 12-40288 (5th Cir. May 29, 2013) This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of qualified immunity and a court’s refusal to allow a pleading amendment in a §1983 case. After a night of drinking beer
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Maryland v. King, No. 12–207, slip op (June 3, 2013). In a divided decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held police could take DNA samples upon the arrest of an individual as part of the regular booking procedures. The court analogized it to
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Skeen v. City of Richardson, No. 05-13-00064-CV (Tex. App. – Dallas, May 31, 2013). This case is of interest to municipal prosecutors in particular. Skeen was found guilty of an automated traffic signal violation in municipal court and challenged the constitutionality of
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National Rifle Association of America, Inc. v. McCraw, No. 12-10091 (5th Cir. May 21, 2013) This is a Second Amendment challenge to the Texas statute, Tex. Penal Code § 46.02(a), prohibiting non-military persons under the age of 21 from carrying handguns in
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Cibolo Waste, Inc. v. City of San Antonio, No. 12-50153 (5th Cir. May 15, 2013) Several waste haulers challenged the City of San Antonio’s ordinance imposing a permit fee of $2,250 for each vehicle weighing over 7,000 pounds used to collect or
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Ramirez v. Jim Wells County, No. 11-41109 (5th Cir. May 15, 2013) This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of qualified and official immunity for false arrest and excessive force claims brought against a Jim Wells County deputy under 42 U.S.C.
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City of Houston v. Houston Municipal Employees Pension System, NO. 01-12-00511-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist.], May 23, 2013). The City of Houston and five individuals sued Houston Municipal Employees Pension System (“HMEPS”) and five members of its board of trustees
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John Flowers v. City of Diboll, et al, NO. 12-12-00107-CV (Tex. App – Tyler, March 22, 2013). This case involves governmental and qualified immunity of the City and a police officer arising out of an arrest of Flowers. Flowers did not get
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Carleson, et al v City of Houston, NO. 14-12-00099-CV (Tex. App – Houston [14th Dist.] May 2, 2013). Plaintiffs owns several condominiums which the City determined were unsafe for habitation and which did not have certificates of occupancy (“C/O”). After providing a
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