Texas West End, Inc v. City of Dallas, Texas Historical Commission 05-11-00582-CV (Tex. App. – Dallas, March 9, 2016) This is a civil enforcement case which is on remand from the Texas Supreme Court. After analyzing the case based on the Supreme
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Town of DISH, et al v. Enbridge Gathering (North Texas) L.P., et al., 07-13-00391-CV (Tex. App. – Amarillo, June 1, 2015) This is a consolidation of three separate cases with multiple parties and multiple defendants with certain procedural complexities. For the
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CITY OF DALLAS v. TCI WEST END, INC., 13-0795 (Tex. May 8, 2015) Texas Local Government Code §54.012(3) the authorizes a municipality to pursue a civil action against a property owner to enforce an ordinance “for zoning that provides for the use
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Samuel T. Russell v. City of Dallas, 05-13-00061-CV (Tex. App. – Dallas, May 16, 2014). This is a substandard building case where Russell challenged the demolition of a building on his property and brought a takings claim against the City. The trial
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City of Bryan/Building and Standards Commission v. Kenneth Cavitt, 10-13-00259-CV (Tex. App. – Waco, May 8, 2014). This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction in a structural standards case. The Waco Court of Appeals affirmed
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Marilyn Stewart v. The City of San Antonio 04-13-00720-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, April 30, 2014). The underlying suit arises out of a structural standards commission determination a building is substandard and ordering its demolition. Stewart was a lienholder and possible
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City of Houston v. Downstream Environmental L.L.C., 01-12-01091-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist.], April 3, 2014). This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction arising from claims associated with alleged damages from the discharge of
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San Antonio Water System v. Robert Overby and Teresa Overby, 04-13-00364-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, March 19, 2014) This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction in a flooding case which the San
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Stanton v. Sims, No. 12-1217, __ U.S. __ (November 4, 2013). In this U.S. Supreme Court case, the Court held an officer was entitled to qualified immunity after entering into a side-yard while in hot pursuit of a misdemeanor suspect. The court
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Jennifer Romano v. The State of Texas, 09-13-00250-CV (Tex. App. – Beaumont, November 21, 2013). This is a dangerous dog case where the court held that even though the Texas Health and Safety Code does not provide for an appeal, a person
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