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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RBII,L.P. v City of San Antonio, No. 11–50626 (5th Cir. April 23, 2013). This is a structural standards case where the City of San Antonio demolished a substandard building but failed to provide notice within a specified time period. Due to the
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Raj v Louisiana State University, et al, No. 12-30225, (5th Cir. April 19, 2013). Rai was a professor of biochemistry and obstetrics and gynecology at Louisiana State University (“LSU”) and brought claims for discrimination based on his race, religion, national origin, age,
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The City of Austin v GHI Investments, LLC f/k/a GHI Partners, LLC, 03-12-00189-CV (Tex. App. – Austin April 30, 2013). This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of the plea to the jurisdiction relating to inverse condemnation claims for flooding (takings
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35 Bar and Grill, et al v City of San Antonio, SA-13-CA-34-FB, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas, San Antonio Division, April 29, 2013). Normally this appellate update is focused on appellate cases once opinions are issued. However, this U.S. District
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Missouri v McNeely, 569 U. S. ____ , No. 11–1425, Slip op. (April 17, 2013) This is a U.S. Supreme Court case holding that metabolizing of alcohol is not a per se exigency that justifies a warrantless blood draw. In this multi-concurring
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Odutayo d/b/a Samaritan Park and Ride v City of Houston NO. 01-12-00132-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist] April 18, 2013). Odutayo leases parking spaces and golf carts to customers attending Reliant Stadium. In 2011 a golf cart driver was ticketed citing
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