Lee Ann Wheelbarger v. City of El Lago and Richard Smith, 01-13-00704-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist.], September 18, 2014), Wheelbarger owned a condominium (built in 1970s) in a complex called the Landing which was severely damaged by Hurricane Ike in
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Sullo & Bobbitt, P.L.L.C. v. Milner No. 13-10869 (5th Cir. August 6, 2014). This is a constitutional and public information case involving a ticket law firm which sought immediate access to misdemeanor citations through declaratory judgment. The Fifth Circuit affirmed the dismissal
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Texas Music Library and Research Center v. Texas Department of Transportation and Phil Wilson, Executive Director, Cause No. 13-13-00600-CV (Tex. App.- Corpus Christi, July 31, 2014) This is mainly an agency dispute over the providing of grants. However, the important piece for
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Arnold Ochoa v. The City of Palmview, 13-14-00021-CV (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi, January 19, 2014) This is an interlocutory appeal from the granting of a plea to the jurisdiction in an employment context. Ochoa was an assistant police chief with the
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Mayor Annise Parker, in her individual and official capacity v. Afework Hunegnaw, 14-13-00031-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.], February 27, 2014). Mayor Parker appeals the denial of her second amended plea to the jurisdiction in this trespass-to-try-title suit. The 14th
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Texas Department of Motor Vehicles v. Pinnacle Motors, 04-13-00496-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, February 19, 2014) This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction arising from a breach of contract suit. The San Antonio
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The City of San Antonio v. The Rogers Shavano Ranch, Ltd., et al, 04-13-00623-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, February 19, 2014) This is a limited scope opinion on whether a plaintiff can recover attorney’s fees under the Uniform Declaratory Judgment
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City of Houston et al. v. Little Nell Apartments, 14-12-01157-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.], January 23, 2014). This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction involving a City of Houston director’s actions which
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Lone Star College System and Richard Carpenter v. Immigration Reform Coalition of Texas (IRCOT), 14-12-00819-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.], November 26, 2013). This is a preemption case with jurisdictional underpinnings which appeared before the court interlocutory after the denial of
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City of McKinney v. Hank’s Restaurant Group, 05-12-01359-CV (Tex. App. – Dallas, September 18, 2013). This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction in cross-suits involving a local bar. Hank’s sued first alleging the City engaged
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