Lamar Advantage Holding Company v. The City of Stephenville and Mark Kaiser, in his official capacity as City Administrator 11-14-00133-CV (Tex. App- Eastland, June 9, 2016) This is a trespass to try title suit filed against the City of Stephenville and
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FLCT, Ltd. and Field Street Development I, Ltd. v. City of Frisco, Texas, 02-14-00335-CV (Tex. App.- Fort Worth, May 26th 2016) Owners are two partnerships that own adjacent property in Frisco. FLCT’s tract is located on the actual corner; Field’s tract is
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County of Galveston, Texas v. Triple B Services, LLP 01-15-00565-CV (Tex. App.- Houston[1st Dist.], May 26th 2016) This is a contractual immunity case involving a road construction project where the First District Court of Appeals affirmed-in-part and reversed-in-part the denial of a
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The City of Helotes, Tom Schoolcraft, Rick Schroder, and Ernest Cruz v. Continental Homes of Texas, LP, 04-15-00571-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, June 1, 2016). This is a case where a property owner challenged a City’s extension of its extraterritorial jurisdiction
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Town of Lakewood Village v Bizios, 15-0106 (Tex. May 27, 2016) This is an interlocutory appeal from a temporary-injunction order regarding whether a Type A general-law municipality has authority to enforce its building codes and building-permit requirements within its extraterritorial jurisdiction (“ETJ”).
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City of Justin v. Ronald Wesolak 02-15-00379-CV (Tex. App. Fort Worth- May 20th 2016) This is a declaratory judgment and takings claim where the Fort Worth Court of Appeals reversed the denial of the City’s plea to the jurisdiction and dismissed the
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San Patricio County, Texas v. Nueces County, Texas and Nueces County Appraisal District 13-14-00293-CV (Tex. App.- Corpus Christi, May 12th 2016) This is a case mainly for county attorneys dealing with a dispute between two counties regarding a boundary dispute. In 2003,
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BCCA APPEAL GROUP, INC. v. CITY OF HOUSTON, 13-0768 (Tex. April 29, 2016) This is essentially a preemption case where the Court determined whether the Texas Clean Air Act and the Act’s enforcement mechanisms in the Texas Water Code preempts a Houston
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City of Pearsall v. Robert Tobias 04-15-00302-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, April 20, 2016) This is an employment case where the San Antonio Court of Appeals reversed a trial court judgment awarding a former city manager severance damages. In 2013 Tobias
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Bert Wallace v Kent County, Texas, No. 07-14-00216-CV (Tex. App. – Amarillo, April 13, 2016) This is an attorney’s fee case, but one which applies when a party sued a governmental entity under the Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act (“UDJA”). However, it will
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