San Antonio Court of Appeals holds airport lease with City did not waive City’s immunity.
City of San Antonio v DHL Express, Inc., 04-22-00603-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, Jan. 25, 2023) This is a contractual immunity […]
Category: Declaratory Judgments
13th Court of Appeals holds former municipal court judge failed to establish right to injunction to prevent his removal
Phil Bellamy v. The City of Brownsville, et al, 13-22-00087-CV (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi, January 26, 2023) This is an interlocutory […]
San Antonio Court of Appeals reforms judgement for attorney fees awarded against a complainant for filing a frivolous ethics complaint
Lakshmana Viswanath v. The City of Laredo, 04-21-00413-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, Aug. 24, 2022). This is the second appeal arising […]
Amarillo Court of Appeals holds AG had no jurisdiction to enforce specific gun sign against county
Waller County, Texas, et al. v. Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General (Tex. App. — Amarillo, August 17, 2022) Ken Paxton, Attorney General […]
San Antonio Court of Appeals holds home-rule City can change elections from November to May
City of Floresville, et al v. Nick Nissen, et al., 04-21-00042-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, June 29, 2022) In this case […]
P&Z members immune from ultra vires actions from third parties in plat approval/denial proceedings
Josh Schroeder, et al. V Escalera Ranch Owners’ Association, Inc., No. 20-0855 (Tex. June 3, 2022) In this case, the Texas Supreme […]
Texas Supreme Court holds city’s civil-enforcement of utility payment ordinance was not an unconstitutional taking
City of Baytown v Alan Schrock, 20-0309 (Tex. May 13, 2022) In this takings case, the Texas Supreme Court held the […]
Texas Supreme Court holds general-law cities cannot impose a revenue-based licensing fee for construction trash haulers
Builder Recovery Services, LLC v. The Town of Westlake, Texas, 21-0173, (Tex, May 20, 2022) In this case, the Texas Supreme […]
First District Court of Appeals holds property owner could not bring a takings claim based on judicial order regarding substandard building
Jaime Jaramillo v. The City of Texas City, 01-20-00654-CV, (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.], Feb. 8, 2022, no pet. h.) (mem. op.). This […]
U.S. Supreme Court holds Austin on-premise/off-premise sign regulation is content neutral
Special contributing author Laura Mueller, City Attorney for Dripping Springs City of Austin, Texas v. Reagan Nat’l Advert. Of Austin, LLC., et […]