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 San Antonio v. San Antonio Firefighters’ Association, Local 624, 04-15-00819-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, August 23, 2017). This is a permissive appeal, which was allowed by the court, where the City requested the Court of Appeals review the
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Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority v. Texas Attorney General, et al, 03-14-00393-CV (Tex. App. Austin, February 26, 2015) The Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (“Authority”) filed a suit against numerous entities asserting the San Antonio Water System (“SAWS”) improperly filed an application with the Texas Commission
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National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation and MBIA Insurance Corporation v. Harris County-Houston Sports Authority and Harris County Sports and Convention Corporation, 01-13-00401-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.], April 15, 2014). This suit is one I’m not sure can be categorized in
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Bexar County Texas v. Deputy Sheriff’s Association of Bexar County, 04-13-00316-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, January 22, 2014). This is an appeal from a declaratory action judgment where the trial court ordered the County to make certain payroll deductions which
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Anderson Petro-Equipment, Inc. and Curtis Ray Anderson v. The State of Texas, No. 03-13-00176-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, October 22, 2013). In this suit the State of Texas sued the Anderson defendants (corporation and individual officer) for costs associated with plugging an
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North Central Texas Council of Governments v. MRSW Management, LLC, No. 03-12-00692-CV (Tex. App. Austin June 20, 2013). This is a contractual immunity case in which the Austin Court of Appeals held that a local council of governments is immune when performing
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