City of El Paso v. Maria Pina, No. 08-20-00159-CV (Tex. App. — El Paso, Aug. 8, 2022) This is a premise defect case under the Texas Tort Claims Act where the El Paso Court of Appeals held an automatic gate is not
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Waller County, Texas, et al. v. Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General (Tex. App. — Amarillo, August 17, 2022) Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, sued Waller County in 2016 asserting that the County was unlawfully attempting to prohibit licensed handgun owners carrying
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Fanny Bellorin, Individually and on Behalf of and as Next of Friend of Derlin Hernandez v. City of San Antonio, No. 04-22-00003-CV, (Tex.App.—San Antonio July 13, 2022) (mem. op.) This case stems from an appeal of the City of San Antonio’s (“COSA”)
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University of the Incarnate Word v. Valerie Redus, et al., No.04-21-00115-CV, (Tex.App.—San Antonio, July 29, 2022) This appeal stems from a deadly force claim allegedly committed by a University of the Incarnate Word (“UIW”) police officer. UIW appealed a denial of its
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Special contributing author Laura Mueller, City Attorney for Dripping Springs City of Cleveland v. Macie Martin LaFrance and Penny Martin, 09-20-00189-CV, (Tex. App – Beaumont, June 9, 2022) (mem. op.). In this appeal from a trial court’s denial of the city’s
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Special contributing author Laura Mueller, City Attorney for Dripping Springs City of Raymondville v. Isabel Elizondo, Noe Espinoza Jr., Roxanne Franco, and Antonio Espinoza, 13-21-00375-CV, (Tex. App – Corpus Christi – Edinburg, May 26, 2022) (mem. op.). In this appeal from
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City of Floresville, et al v. Nick Nissen, et al., 04-21-00042-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, June 29, 2022) In this case the Fourth Court of Appeals held that a home-rule city could change its official election date to either of the
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City of Fort Worth v Abdul Pridgen and Vance Keyes, No. 20-0700 (Tex. May 27, 2022) In this Whistleblower lawsuit, the Texas Supreme Court held the city employees did not make a qualifying “report” to trigger protection. The two employees (Pridgen and
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Josh Schroeder, et al. V Escalera Ranch Owners’ Association, Inc., No. 20-0855 (Tex. June 3, 2022) In this case, the Texas Supreme Court held individuals on the planning and zoning commission were entitled to immunity from ultra vires claims brought by third
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City of Baytown v Alan Schrock, 20-0309 (Tex. May 13, 2022) In this takings case, the Texas Supreme Court held the City of Bayton (City) did not commit a taking by withholding utility service in order to collect unpaid utility bills.
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