Declaratory Judgments, Health and Safety, Injunction, Land Use, Litigation, Procedure, Sovereign Immunity, Structural Standards, Takings, Zoning

Texarkana holds city properly supported its summary judgment to permanently enjoin mobile home park

Polecat Hill, LLC, et al. v. City of Longview, Texas, et al. 06-20-00062-CV (Tex. App. – Texarkana, December 2, 2021). This is a nuisance/permit case brought under Chapter 54 of the Texas Local Government Code where the Texarkana Court of Appeals affirmed
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Constitutional Challenge, Declaratory Judgments, Injunction, Litigation, Procedure, Sign Regulation, Sovereign Immunity, Structural Standards

Tyler Court of Appeals holds a motion for new trial did not extend the time to perfect an accelerated appeal

SignAd, Ltd. V. The City of Hudson, 12-21-00056-CV, (Tex. App – Tyler, Sept. 15, 2021) This case is mainly procedural, and the Tyler Court of Appeals held SignAd failed to timely file its notice of appeal, either as an interlocutory appeal or
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Board of Adjustment, Constitutional Challenge, Declaratory Judgments, Land Use, Litigation, Procedure, Sovereign Immunity, Structural Standards, Takings, Ultra Vires

Fourth Court of Appeals holds plaintiff suing for BOA decision must be given opportunity to replead to show timing of when the BOA decision was filed in board’s offices

Alpha Securities, LLC, v City of Fredericksburg, 04-20-00447-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, Aug. 10, 2021, no pet h.). This is a board of adjustment appeal and declaratory judgment action where the San Antonio Court of Appeals agreed no jurisdiction existed, but
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Declaratory Judgments, Injunction, Litigation, Procedure, Sovereign Immunity, Structural Standards, Takings

Beaumont Court of Appeals holds pro se Plaintiff did not establish entitlement to injunctive relief to prevent demolition of building

Rema Charles Wolf v. City of Port Arthur, 09-19-00047-CV, (Tex. App – Beaumont, Aug. 6, 2020) This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a temporary injunction request by a pro se property owner. Pro se Plaintiff Wolf sued the City
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Agency, Board of Adjustment, Constitutional Challenge, Declaratory Judgments, Health and Safety, Injunction, Litigation, Procedure, Sec. 1983, Sovereign Immunity, Structural Standards, Tax, TOMA, Zoning

BOA appeal deadline of 10 days applies to Open Meetings, declaratory judgment, and as-applied constitutional claims, holds Dallas Court of Appeals

Tejas Motel, LLC v City of Mesquite, by and through its Board of Adjustment, 05-19-00667-CV (Tex. Civ. App. – Dallas, June 4, 2020). This is an appeal from a Board of Adjustment decision regarding non-conforming status in which the Dallas Court of
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Constitutional Challenge, Eminent Domain, Sovereign Immunity, Structural Standards, TTCA

Trial court properly dismissed subsequent purchaser’s TTCA and Takings claims after City demolished house

Jorge Rodriguez v. City of Fort Worth, 07-16-00037-CV (Tex.App. – Amarillo, December 8, 2017) This is a takings/condemnation and TTCA case where the Fort Worth Court of Appeals affirmed the granting of the City’s plea to the jurisdiction. Prior to Rodriguez’s ownership
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Declaratory Judgments, Health and Safety, Injunction, Structural Standards

Texas Supreme Court holds general law city cannot extend building codes into ETJ

Town of Lakewood Village v Bizios, 15-0106 (Tex. May 27, 2016) This is an interlocutory appeal from a temporary-injunction order regarding whether a Type A general-law municipality has authority to enforce its building codes and building-permit requirements within its extraterritorial jurisdiction (“ETJ”).
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Constitutional Challenge, Eminent Domain, Litigation, Procedure, Structural Standards, Takings

Ordinance 30 day limitation to appeal BOA determination was not a statutory prerequisite, so trial court retained jurisdiction of takings claim

Nancy Wedgeworth v. City of Amarillo, et al. 07-15-00301-CV (Tex. App. – Amarillo, May 17, 2016) This is a structural standards case where the Amarillo Court of Appeals reversed the trial court’s granting of a plea to the jurisdiction. Wedgeworth owned a
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Constitutional Challenge, Litigation, Procedure, Structural Standards, Takings

Failure to appeal demolition order prohibits apartment owners from bringing a takings claim says Fort Worth Court of Appeals

1707 New York Ave., LLC v. City of Arlington, 02-14-00259-CV (Tex. App. – Fort Worth, October 22, 2015). This is a structural standards/constitutional takings case where the Fort Worth Court of Appeals affirmed the granting of the City’s plea to the jurisdiction.
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