Christopher L. Gay and Steven L. Carroll v. The City of Wichita Falls, 08-13-00028-CV (Tex. App. – El Paso, August 13, 2014). This is a contractual immunity case involving the payment of disability benefit premiums for City police officers. The El Paso
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City of San Antonio v. Alamo Aircraft Supply, Inc. et al, 04-14-00057-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, August 13, 2014. At its core, this is a contract dispute involving sovereign immunity where a party sued for breach alleging the ability to enforce
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Texas Music Library and Research Center v. Texas Department of Transportation and Phil Wilson, Executive Director, Cause No. 13-13-00600-CV (Tex. App.- Corpus Christi, July 31, 2014) This is mainly an agency dispute over the providing of grants. However, the important piece for
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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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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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LUBBOCK COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT et al v. CHURCH & AKIN, 12-1039 (Tex. July 3, 2014). This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction regarding whether a lease prohibiting a leasee from using property
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Arnold Ochoa v. The City of Palmview, 13-14-00021-CV (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi, January 19, 2014) This is an interlocutory appeal from the granting of a plea to the jurisdiction in an employment context. Ochoa was an assistant police chief with the
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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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SOUTH COAST SPINE & REHABILITATION PA v. BROWNSVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, HECTOR G. AYALA JR., AND GWENDOLYN S. HAUGHT, 13-11-00270-CV (Tex. App. – Corpus Christy, April 30, 2014). South Coast Spine & Rehabilitation, P.A. (“South Coast”) appeals the trial court’s grant of
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City of New Braunfels, Texas v. Carowest Land, Ltd 03-11-00699-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, April 30, 2014). This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction arising out of a dispute where the City’s public works project
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