Arlean Green v. City of Houston, 01-14-00808-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist.] April 30, 2015) This is a Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”) slip and fall case where the First District Court of Appeals affirmed the granting of a plea to
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City of San Antonio v. Gerard Cortes, 04-14-00301-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, April 29, 2015) This is a civil service/collective bargaining case involving the City’s motion to compel arbitration which the court of appeals agreed should be granted. The Collective Bargaining
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Alan Schrock v. City of Baytown, 01-13-00618-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist.], April 23, 2015)(mem. Op.) This is a takings case where the First District Court of Appeals reversed the granting of a summary judgment for the City in a utility
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City of Del Rio v. Daniel Jalomos, 04-14-00381-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, April 22, 2015)( mem. Op.) This is a civil service case where the Fourth Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a suit filed by the City seeking judicial
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Jamil Saifi v. City of Texas City, 14-13-00815-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist.], April 21, 2015), mem. Op. This is a civil service/collective bargaining case involving a firefighter where the First District Court of Appeals reversed the granting of the City’s
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Dallas Area Rapid Transit v. Donald Armstrong, 05-14-00779-CV (Tex. App. – Dallas, April 15, 2015). This is a Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”) notice case where the Dallas Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction in this
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Phillips v. City of Dallas, No. 14-10379 (5th Circ. March 27, 2015). This is a First Amendment employment case where a City employee was terminated after he sought public office for a county position. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth
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City of Justin, Texas v. Rimrock Enterprises, Inc., 02-13-00461-CV (Tex. App. – Fort Worth, April 2, 2015) This is an inverse-condemnation suit where the Fort Worth Court of Appeals affirmed in part and reversed in part an award for the property owner.
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Texas Department of Public Safety v. Joseph Trent Jones, 01-13-00953-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist.] April 2, 2015) This is an eminent-domain case which goes into detail about the proper way to evaluate property value based on project-enhancement, highest and best
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Austin Independent School District v. Andrew Lofters, 03-14-00071-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, April 1, 2015) In this race discrimination/retaliation case the Third Court of Appeals reversed the denial of the a plea to the jurisdiction for failure to exhaust administrative remedies. Lofters,
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