Doyle Wells, Sea Oats Investments I, L.P. f/k/a Lamkin Properties Limited Partnership, and Quixote Dunes, Inc. v. Texas Department of Transportation and Town of South Padre Island, 13-15-00175-CV (Tex.App— Corpus Christi, February 2, 2017) This is a takings case involving allegations the
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Arlington Independent School District v. T.P. as next friend of R.T., a minor,02-16-00249-CV (Tex.App— Fort Worth , February 9,2017) This is a Texas Tort Claims Act vehicle accident case involving a school bus and a minor where the Fort Worth Court of
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Billy D. Burleson, Jon J. Mark, and Craig A. Bennight v. Collin County Community College District, 05-15-01361-CV(Tex. App— Dallas, February 8, 2017) In this Whistleblower Act case, the Dallas Court of Appeals reversed the granting of the College’s plea to the jurisdiction
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The City of Houston and its Current Mayor, Sylvester Turner v. Allen Mark Dacus and Elizabeth C. Perez, 14-16-00123-CV(Tex. App–– Houston[ 14th District], February 9,2017) This is an election case involving posting of an alleged misleading charter amendment where the law of
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KEN PAXTON, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS v. CITY OF DALLAS; from Travis County; 3rd Court of Appeals District, No. 15-0073 (Tex. February 3,2017) This is a Texas Public Information Act (“PIA”) case where the Texas Supreme Court holds the attorney/client privilege,
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Colorado County, et al., v Marc Staff, NO. 15-0912 (Tex., February 3, 2017). This is a Chapter 614 law enforcement termination case where the Texas Supreme Court changed some of the standards for investigating, disciplining, and terminating police officers. The Court reversed
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Heaney v. Roberts, No. 15-31088 (5th Cir. January 23, 2017) This is a First Amendment retaliation/discrimination case where the Plaintiff, Heaney, was ejected from a city council meeting allegedly due to his statements at the meeting. On September 18, 2013, Tom Heaney
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McLane Company, Inc. v. Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, et al., No.03-16-00415-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, February 1, 2017). This is a Texas Public Information Act (“PIA”) request lawsuit where the Austin Court of Appeals affirmed the granting of several pleas to the
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City of Houston v. Paula Collins,14-16-00449-CV (Tex. App— Houston [ 14th Dist.] January 31, 2017) This is a Texas Tort Claims Act vehicle accident case involving official immunity where the 14th Court of Appeals reversed and rendered the denial of the City’s
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Hamilton v. kindred, No. 16-40611(5th Cir. January 12, 2017) This is an interlocutory appeal in a suit involving alleged unlawful body cavity searches of two women and the trial court’s denial of a Deputy Sheriff’s claim of qualified immunity. Two women, Hamilton
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