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Category: Sec. 1983

January 28, 2021Agency, Constitutional Challenge, Litigation, Sec. 1983, Takings

U.S. 5th Circuit holds property owner’s federal Clean Water Act claim against Town for improper discharge was proper due to lack of comparable state regulation

Stringer v. Town of Jonesboro, 20-30192 (5th Cir. Jan. 18, 2021) In this §1983 taking suit and federal Clean Water Act (“CWA”) […]

January 22, 2021Constitutional Challenge, Litigation, Official/Qualified Immunity, Sec. 1983, Sovereign Immunity, TTCA

Beaumont Court of Appeals holds City is not liable for alleged failure to create a police report, failure to investigate, or failure to prosecute as asserted by Plaintiff

Caryn Suzann Cain v. City of Conroe, Tex., et al., 09-19-00246-CV, 2020 WL 6929401 (Tex. App.—Beaumont Nov. 25, 2020)  This is an […]

November 30, 2020Constitutional Challenge, Employment Law, Litigation, Retaliation, Sec. 1983, Whistleblower

The Ninth Court of Appeals affirmed judgment for City in First Amendment/Whistleblower claims since no causal connection was present

Special contributing author Laura Mueller, City Attorney for Dripping Springs Samer Shobassy v. City of Port Arthur, No. 09-18-00363-CV (Tex. App.—Port Arthur […]

November 10, 2020Constitutional Challenge, Declaratory Judgments, Elections, Injunction, Litigation, Procedure, Sec. 1983

The U.S. Fifth Court of Appeals held plaintiffs had standing to challenge zombie law provision in charter despite the election being over.   

Special contributing author Laura Mueller, City Attorney for Dripping Springs Joe Richard Pool, III, et al. v. City of Houston, et al., […]

November 10, 2020Constitutional Challenge, Declaratory Judgments, Injunction, Litigation, Sec. 1983

U.S. 5th Circuit holds Plaintiff students established standing to assert University’s student speech policies on harassments and rudeness are unconstitutional

Speech First, Inc. v. Fenves, 19-50529 (5th Cir. Oct. 28, 2020) This is a First and Fourteenth Amendment free speech case in […]

September 16, 2020Constitutional Challenge, Litigation, Procedure, Sec. 1983

Officers’ and City’s appeal dismissed by U.S. 5th Circuit because their dismissal “with prejudice” argument inapplicable when inmate could still get conviction reversed

Kerry Max Cook v. City of Tyler, Texas, et al., 19-40144, 2020 WL 5268509 (5th Cir. Sept. 4, 2020) This is an […]

September 15, 2020Constitutional Challenge, Discrimination, Employment Law, Litigation, Official/Qualified Immunity, Procedure, Sec. 1983, Sovereign Immunity, TTCA

The First Court of Appeals held employment discrimination claims cannot be brought under the TCHRA in state court where the same claims were previously dismissed in federal court.     

  Special contributing author Laura Mueller, City Attorney for Dripping Springs Suran Wije v. David A. Burns and Univ. of Texas, No. […]

September 15, 2020Constitutional Challenge, Official/Qualified Immunity, Sec. 1983

U.S. 5th Circuit holds no deliberate indifference alleged requiring jailers to protect inmate from attack by another inmate

Torres v. Livingston, 19-40470, 2020 WL 4933063 (5th  Cir. Aug. 24, 2020). This is an appeal from a dismissal of an inmate’s […]

September 4, 2020Constitutional Challenge, Sec. 1983, Sign Regulation

The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that sign ordinances cannot treat off-premise and on-premise signs differently if the regulation of such signs includes regulation non-commercial content. 

Special contributing author Laura Mueller, City Attorney for Dripping Springs Reagan Nat’l Advertising of Austin, Inc.; Lamar Advantage Outdoor Co. v. City […]

August 28, 2020Constitutional Challenge, Declaratory Judgments, Injunction, Sec. 1983, Sovereign Immunity

Fort Worth Court of Appeals holds trial court lacked jurisdiction involving school district’s disciplinary decision

This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction filed by Northwest Independent School District. Plaintiffs sued […]

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