Miller v Ector County Hospital District, No. 11-11-00221-CV (Tex. App. – Eastland, August 8, 2013). This is an employment case where the Plaintiff brought tort claims as a means to challenging his termination. The trial court granted the District’s plea to the
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Morgan v. Plano Independent School District, No. 12-40493 (5th Cir. July 26, 2013) This is a Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act (“TRFRA”) case against the Plano Independent School District. Plano ISD argued that TRFRA’s pre-suit notice requirement is a jurisdictional prerequisite to
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Esters v. Texas Department of Transportation, et al, No. 14-11-00977-CV (Tex. App. Houston [14th Dist.] July 30, 2013.) This is an employment discrimination case where the central issue turns on the 300 day statutory deadline for filing a claim. Plaintiff Esters,
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Cokins, et al v City of Lakeway, No. 03-12-00083-CV (Tex. App. Austin, July 25, 2013). This is an annexation dispute where the trial court granted the City of Lakeway’s plea to the jurisdiction and the various property owners appealed. The City annexed
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Board of Adjustment for the City of San Antonio, et al v. Kennedy, et al., 04-12-00757-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio July 3, 2013). This is an appeal from a Board of Adjustment decision where the Court of Appeals did a detailed
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Leon Valley Economic Development Corp. v Little, No. 04-12-00142-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, June 19, 2013) In this case the Fourth Court of Appeals held that a Type B economic development corporation is not a governmental entity entitled to sovereign/governmental immunity
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Wyatt v. Fletcher No. 11-41359 (5th Cir. May 31, 2013). This is essentially a privacy claim for information known to the entity and released to the parent. For cities which have programs, community centers, and other situations where information about minors is
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Spicewood Springs Road Tunnel Coalition, et al v City of Austin, et al., No. 03-11-00260-CV (Tex. App. – Austin June 6, 2013). This is more of a litigator case turning on the standing of several associations to challenge the City of
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Latrenia E. Pleasant v. Nacogdoches Housing Authority of the City of Nacogdoches, Texas, No. 06-13-00008-CV (Tex. App. Texarkana June 6, 2013). When the Nacogdoches Housing Authority (“NHA”) terminated Pleasant’s renter assistance funding she sued alleging race and disability discrimination, negligence, and
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State of Texas v Momin Properties, No. 01-12-00854-CV, (Tex. App. Houston [1st Dis.] June 6, 2012) This is an inverse condemnation case brought up via interlocutory appeal from a denial of a plea to the jurisdiction. The State built an overpass on
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