City of San Antonio and City Public Service n/k/a CPS Energy v. Joel Herrera, 04-13-00304-CV (Tex. App. – October 16, 2013). This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction involving a car accident in which Plaintiff
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Port of Houston Authority v. Aaron, et al. No. 01-12-00373-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist.] September 5, 2013). This is one of two cases decided at the same time involving the same parties. This case is an interlocutory appeal from
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CITY OF LORENA, TEXAS v. BMTP HOLDINGS, No. 11-0554 (Tex. August 30, 2013) This is a development moratorium case on sewer lines where the City of Lorena passed a moratorium after having approved a subdivision plat for development. The Texas
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Error in County records held to be the negligent use of motor-driven equipment says 14th Court of Appeals. Kilburn v. Fort Bend County Drainage District, 14-13-00011-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.], August 13, 2013). This is a Texas Tort Claim Act
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Cibolo Waste, Inc. v. City of San Antonio, No. 12-50153 (5th Cir. May 15, 2013) Several waste haulers challenged the City of San Antonio’s ordinance imposing a permit fee of $2,250 for each vehicle weighing over 7,000 pounds used to collect or
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Redburn v City of Victoria, 13-12-00215-CV, (Tex. Civ. App. – Corpus Christi, May 16, 2013, on rehearing). Back in February I reported this case which essentially held that the City and its employees could be held responsible for trespass claims. To read
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Southwestern Bell Telephone, D/B/A AT&T Texas v City of Houston et al, NO. 14-11-01115-CV, (Tex. Civ. App. Houston [14th Dist.] May 9, 2013). This is a dispute on who must bear the cost of relocating AT&T’s telecommunication lines in the public right-of-way over
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The City of Austin v GHI Investments, LLC f/k/a GHI Partners, LLC, 03-12-00189-CV (Tex. App. – Austin April 30, 2013). This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of the plea to the jurisdiction relating to inverse condemnation claims for flooding (takings
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Wight Realty Interests v City of Friendswood, NO. 01-11-01075-CV (Tex. Civ. App. – Houston [1st Dist], April 4, 2013) This is a breach of contract claim where the court of appeals determined the City waived its immunity. The City and Wight entered
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Kopplow Dev. v City of San Antonio, NO. 11-0104, (Tex. March 8, 2013) The question in this case is whether an inverse condemnation claim is premature when premised on the owner’s inability to develop its property as the city previously approved. The
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