In Re City of Pearland, 14-17-00921-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.], January 9, 2018) The 14th Court of Appeals in Houston granted the City’s petition for mandamus compelling a trial court to lift its temporary restraining order issued in an annexation
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Karen Hall v. City of Bryan, 10-16-00044-CV (Tex. App. –- Waco, January 3, 2018) This is a disannexation lawsuit where the Waco Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s summary judgment motion dismissing the Plaintiff’s claims for disannexation. This is the third
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The Jesus Christ Open Altar Church, et al. v. City of Hawkins, 12-17-00090-CV (Tex. App. – Tyler, December 21, 2017). This is a property dispute case in which the 12th Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s declaratory judgment regarding the City’s
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Rodney D. Bailey v. Dallas County, et al., 05-16-00789-CV (Tex. App. – Dallas, December 21, 2017) This is a county civil service case where the Dallas Court of Appeals affirmed-in-part and reversed-in-part the County Defendants’ plea to the jurisdiction filed in a
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Joshua Luttrell, et al v. El Paso County, et al., 08-16-00090-CV (Tex. App. – El Paso, December 20, 2017). There is no way to categorize this case in a single sentence. In the thirty-nine page opinion, the El Paso Court of Appeals
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City of San Antonio v Hotels.com 16-50479 (5th Cir, November 29, 2017). This is a long and drawn out challenge by 173 municipalities as to the proper payment of hotel occupancy tax. For this appeal, the question was whether the service
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City of Donna, Texas, David Simmons, Jose Garza, Simon Sauceda, Irene Munoz and Sonia Gallegos v. Oscar Ramirez 13-16-00619-CV (Tex.App— Corpus Christi, November 9, 2017) This is a Texas Whistleblower Act case where the Corpus Christi Court of Appeals affirmed the denial
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Jose A. Perez v. Physician Assistant Board and Margaret K Bentley, In her Individual and Official Capacities 03-16-00732-CV (Tex.App—- Austin, Texas October 31, 2017) This is an appeal from the granting of a plea to the jurisdiction where the Austin Court of Appeals
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City of Magnolia 4A Economic Development Corporation and City of Magnolia 4B Community Development Corporation v. David Smedley, 16-0718 (Tex. October 27, 2017). This is a flooding case, however, the issue for the Supreme Court is a litigation procedural one. The Court
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Lisa Risoli v. Board of Adjustment of the City of Wimberley, and the City of Wimberley 03-17-00385-CV (Tex.App—-Austin October 19, 2017) This is a board of adjustment appeal where the Austin Court of Appeals remanded the property owner’s claims back to
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