City of Rosenberg v. The State of Texas, 14-15-00745-CV (Tex. App.—Houston, [14th Dist], October 13, 2015) The City of Rosenberg owns property the State is seeking to obtain for purposes of highway improvement over which it initiated condemnation proceedings against the City.
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Cole v. Carson No. 14-10228 c/w No. 15-10045 (5th Cir. September 25, 2015), This is an excessive force/qualified immunity case where the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the denial of law enforcement officers’ qualified immunity motions. However, the
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Philip Wayne Hindes and Melinda Hindes Eustace v. La Salle County, Texas, et al. 04-14-00651-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, August 26, 2015). The Hindes family owns a ranch located in La Salle County with a number of roads that cross the
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Nina Lopez v. Tarrant County, Texas, 02-13-00194-CV (Tex. App. – Fort Worth, August 25, 2015) This is a Whistleblower Claim where the Fort Worth Court of Appeals affirmed the granting of summary judgment for the employer County. Lopez was an executive secretary
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City of Dallas v. City of Corsicana, Navarro County, and Navarro College, 10-14-00090-CV (Tex. App. – Waco, August 21, 2015). This is a case involving pre-suit discovery and immunity under Tex. R. Civ. P. 202. Essentially, the City of Corsicana, Navarro College,
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City of Shavano Park v. Ard Mor, Inc., et al, 04-14-00781-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, July 29, 2015) This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction involving a challenge to an adjacent development agreement and
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City of Austin, Texas v. Jamil Cherry 03-14-00212-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, July 21, 2015) This is an interlocutory appeal in a Texas Tort Claims Act case in which the Austin Court of Appeals reversed the denial of a plea to the
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Darrell Church v. City of Alvin, Texas 01-13-00865-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist.] June 25, 2015) In this inverse condemnation involving decrease access to a driveway entrance the Houston First District Court of Appeals affirmed the granting of the City’s plea
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In re University of the Incarnate Word 04-15-00242-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, June 24, 2015) This is a mandamus case regarding discovery and will be in interest primarily for litigators. However, it addresses the interlocutory appeal and automatic stay provisions and
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PARTNERS DEWATERING INTERNATIONAL, L.C. v. CITY OF RIO HONDO 13-13-00340-CV (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi, June 11, 2015) This is an interlocutory appeal from the granting of a plea to the jurisdiction in a contract case which the 13th Court of Appeals
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