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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Delores Escobar, Individually, as Representative of the Estate of Luis Manuel Escobar, and as Next Friend of Luis Alberto Escobar, a Minor v. Harris County, Texas and Eric Goodney, Cause No. 01-12-00391-CV (Tex. App.- Houston [1st District] July 31, 2014) This is
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Karen Hall v. City of Bryan, Texas, 10-12-00248-CV (Tex. App. – Waco, July 24, 2014). This is an annexation dispute and the third time Hall sued for disannexation. The 10th Court of Appeals affirmed in part and reversed in part the trial
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Frank and Shelley Thornton v. Northeast Harris County MUD 1, 14-13-00890-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [14th dist.], July 24, 2014). This is an interlocutory appeal in a condemnation case where the property owner filed counter-claims. The Houston Court of Appeals for 14th
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Farabi, Inc. v. Harris County, Texas, 14-13-00443-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [14th dist.], July 24, 2014). This is a condemnation suit where the property owner, Farabi, appealed the trial court’s grant of the County’s summary judgment motion and jury verdict. The County
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April Dupree Adeshile v. Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas, 14-12-00980-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [14th dist.], July 24, 2014). This is a sex discrimination employment lawsuit where the panel withdrew its opinion issued on January 16, 2014 and substituted this
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Christopher Jenkins v. City of Cedar Park, Texas, 03-13-00215-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, July 24, 2014). This is a Chapter 143 civil service appeal from an indefinite suspension of a fire fighter where the Austin Court of Appeals affirmed the City’s plea
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City of Dallas v. Highway 205 Farms, LTD et al, 05-13-00951-CV (Tex. App. – Dallas, July 22, 2013). This is a condemnation case where the trial court dismissed the case at the administrative stage, but the 5th Court of Appeals issued a
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MARK BERNHARD v. CITY OF ARANSAS PASS, TEXAS 13-13-00354-CV (Tex. App. — Corpus Christi, July 17, 2014). This is a Texas Tort Claims Act/Recreational Use Statute case in which the 13th Court of Appeals reversed the granting of the City’s plea to
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Mark Baker v. The City of Farmers Branch, Texas, et al. Cause No. 05-13-01174-CV (Tex. App. –Dallas, July 15, 2014) This is a Texas Open Meetings Act (“TOMA”) case where the Plaintiff sued to compel compliance of TOMA. The City settled a
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