City of McAllen v Casso, no. 13-11-00749-CV, (Tex. Civ. App. – Corpus Christy, March 28, 2013) This case has good and bad holdings for cities. Casso was a municipal judge who suffered from Lupos. Prior to her resignation due to her health,
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Patterson v City of Bellmead, No. 10-12-00357-CV (Tex. Civ. App. Waco, March 21, 2013). This is a challenge to an animal limitation ordinance. The City had an ordinance limiting the total number of cats and dogs at a single location to four.
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Bryan S. Foster d/b/a Jaguars Gold Club v. City of El Paso, No. 08-10-00157-CV, Court of Appeals for Eighth District (February 20, 2013.) Plaintiff Foster appeals the trial court’s granting of the City of El Paso’s motion for summary judgment related to
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New Braunsfels v STOP, NO. 03-12-00528-CV, Third Court of Appeals (February 21, 2013) This is an opinion which essentially denied the City’s Plea to the Jurisdiction. The City had a collection of ordinances designed to limit or eliminate the “over consumption” of
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Wood v City of Texas City This is a public nuisance/substandard building case in a city utilizing a Buildings and Standards Commission. Wood owned, among many others, two properties in Galveston County which he purchased at a foreclosure sale. Following Hurricane Ike,
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City of Houston v Aster This is on a motion to reconsider en banc which the court granted and issued this substitute ruling. Aster alleges the City of Houston beached a contract for a construction project and certain computer and technical services.
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Harris County Fresh Water Supply District v FWO Development, LTD This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of the jurisdictional arguments contained within the District’s motion for summary judgment. The case has a lot of history involved, but the main thing
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CTL v Starwood Homeowner’s Association While this isn’t a local government case, it has some impact on certain things city and county litigators do. Plus, it’s a Texas Supreme Court case, so it carries just a little bit of weight with the
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Below is a Texas Supreme Court case of interest to municipal attorneys and litigators. The City of Houston issued a demolition permit to a neighbor of Kenneth S. Jones. While performing work under the permit the neighbor destroyed part of Jones’s home. Jones
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