Wood v City of Texas City This is a public nuisance/substandard building case in a city utilizing a Buildings and Standards Commission. Wood owned, among many others, two properties in Galveston County which he purchased at a foreclosure sale. Following Hurricane Ike,
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United States v. Land No. 11-31167 http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/11/11-31167-CV0.wpd.pdf In this eminent domain case, the Court rules that an association’s right to collect assessments is “property,” but concludes that its diminution is not a compensable interest under the Takings Clause. While this is a
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LIT HW 1, L.P. v Town of Flower Mound et al. LIT owns a warehouse in Flower Mound which it leases to an electrical component recycler. The Town adopted the 2006 version of the International Building Code. LIT did not have heating
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Greater Houston Partnership v Gregg Abbott, Texas Attorney General This is a Public Information Act (PIA) case, but not your typical case. The Court of Appeals was asked to determine if a private contractor who had a contract with the City of
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City of Houston v Aster This is on a motion to reconsider en banc which the court granted and issued this substitute ruling. Aster alleges the City of Houston beached a contract for a construction project and certain computer and technical services.
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Harris County Fresh Water Supply District v FWO Development, LTD This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of the jurisdictional arguments contained within the District’s motion for summary judgment. The case has a lot of history involved, but the main thing
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CTL v Starwood Homeowner’s Association While this isn’t a local government case, it has some impact on certain things city and county litigators do. Plus, it’s a Texas Supreme Court case, so it carries just a little bit of weight with the
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Below is a Texas Supreme Court case of interest to municipal attorneys and litigators. The City of Houston issued a demolition permit to a neighbor of Kenneth S. Jones. While performing work under the permit the neighbor destroyed part of Jones’s home. Jones
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