Chambers v. The State of Texas, 05-12-01178-CV (Tex. App. – Dallas, August 26, 2013). This is one of a collection of appeals arising from an animal cruelty proceeding the State filed against Chambers in justice court where over 100 animals were seized
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Waterway Ranch, LLC v. City of Annetta, 02-12-00309-CV (Tex. App. – Fort Worth, August 23, 2013). This is a case challenging an annexation by the City of Annetta, a general law Type A municipality. As a general law city, with certain exceptions,
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Wallace v Kent County, No. 07-11-00427-CV (Tex. App. – Amarillo, August 21, 2013) This case involved a determination of whether a roadway is a private road or a public road by implied dedication and prescriptive easement. Wallace owns a ranch in Kent
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Chin Wu v City of San Antonio, No. 04-10-00836-CV (Tex. Civ. App. – San Antonio August 14, 2013) This is a dangerous structure/takings opinion out of the San Antonio Court of Appeals. This opinion withdrew the prior opinion issued on March 6,
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Riner v. The City of Hunters Creek, 14-12-00339-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.] June 20, 2013). This is a denial of a replat application where the court held the property owners did not pursue all avenues to remedy any deficiencies, so
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Comunidad Balboa, LLC v. The City of Nassau Bay, et al. 14-12-00619-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.] June 13, 2013). This is an appeal from a non-profit developer whose claims were dismissed in the City of Nassau Bay’s plea to the
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Spicewood Springs Road Tunnel Coalition, et al v City of Austin, et al., No. 03-11-00260-CV (Tex. App. – Austin June 6, 2013). This is more of a litigator case turning on the standing of several associations to challenge the City of
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Carleson, et al v City of Houston, NO. 14-12-00099-CV (Tex. App – Houston [14th Dist.] May 2, 2013). Plaintiffs owns several condominiums which the City determined were unsafe for habitation and which did not have certificates of occupancy (“C/O”). After providing a
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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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Agbolade O. Odutayo and Bonita Odutayo v. City of Houston, 01-12-00217-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist] April 16, 2013). The First District Court of Appeals affirmed the granting of a plea to the jurisdiction in this inverse condemnation suit regarding a
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