Declaratory Judgments, Health and Safety, Injunction, Land Use, Litigation, Procedure, Sovereign Immunity, Structural Standards, Takings, Zoning

Texarkana holds city properly supported its summary judgment to permanently enjoin mobile home park

Polecat Hill, LLC, et al. v. City of Longview, Texas, et al. 06-20-00062-CV (Tex. App. – Texarkana, December 2, 2021). This is a nuisance/permit case brought under Chapter 54 of the Texas Local Government Code where the Texarkana Court of Appeals affirmed
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Attorney Fees, Civil Service/Collective Bargaining, Declaratory Judgments, Employment Law, Injunction, Litigation, Procedure, Ultra Vires

Amarillo Court of Appeals holds fire marshal’s office employs firefighters who are entitled to civil service protection

City of Amarillo, Texas, et al. v. Nathan Sloan Nurek and Michael Brandon Stennett, 07-20-00315-CV, (Tex. App – Amarillo, Nov. 18, 2021) This is a civil service case where the Amarillo Court of Appeals affirmed in part and reversed in part a
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Agency, Declaratory Judgments, Health and Safety, Injunction, Litigation, Sovereign Immunity, Ultra Vires

Fourth Court of Appeals upholds injunction preventing Governor from prohibiting ordinances regulating face masks – Governor’s authority does not extent to local health and safety regulations with separate grants of authority

Greg Abbott, in his Official Capacity as Governor of Texas, and State of Texas v. City of San Antonio and County of Bexar, 04-21-00342-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonino, November 10, 2021). This is a COVID-19 declaratory judgment (ultra vires) action brought
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Contracts, Declaratory Judgments, Injunction, Litigation, Mandamus, Procedure, Sovereign Immunity, Takings, Ultra Vires, Vested Rigths

First Court of Appeals holds 380 development agreement was an agreement for goods and services (waiving immunity) but dismissed all other claims brought against the City by the developer

Town Park Center, LLC v. City of Sealy, Texas, Janice Whitehead, Mayor, Lloyd Merrell, City Manager and Warren Escovy, Assistant City Manager, 01-19-00768-CV, (Tex. App – Hou [1st], Oct. 28, 2021) In this contract dispute, the First Court of Appeals in Houston
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Constitutional Challenge, Declaratory Judgments, Injunction, Litigation, Procedure, Sign Regulation, Sovereign Immunity, Structural Standards

Tyler Court of Appeals holds a motion for new trial did not extend the time to perfect an accelerated appeal

SignAd, Ltd. V. The City of Hudson, 12-21-00056-CV, (Tex. App – Tyler, Sept. 15, 2021) This case is mainly procedural, and the Tyler Court of Appeals held SignAd failed to timely file its notice of appeal, either as an interlocutory appeal or
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Constitutional Challenge, Declaratory Judgments, Finance, Injunction, Litigation, Procedure, Sovereign Immunity, Tax, TOMA

13th Court of Appeals holds City sufficiently complied with TOMA and Tax Code in 2019 when it adopted its annual tax rate

Leftwich v City of Harlingen, 13-20-00110-CV (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi, Sep. 9, 2021). This is a declaratory judgment suit to declare the city violated procedural requirements when it adopted its tax rate in 2019. The Thirteenth Court of Appeals held no
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Agency, Constitutional Challenge, Declaratory Judgments, Injunction, Sovereign Immunity

Property owners around lake drained by GBRA had no standing to sue as they possessed no particularized injury

Jimmy and Cheryl Williams, et al. v. Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority and its Officers and Directors, 04-20-00445-CV, (Tex. App. – San Antonio, July 7, 2021) This is a takings case where the San Antonio Court of Appeals partially reversed and affirmed the trial
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Constitutional Challenge, Declaratory Judgments, Elections, Injunction, Litigation, Preemption, Sovereign Immunity

San Antonio Court of Appeals holds City’s “Paid Sick Leave” ordinance was preempted by state law

Washington et al. v. Associated Builders & Contractors of South Texas, Inc., et al., 04-20-00004-CV (Tex. App.—San Antonio, March 10, 2021). In this case, the Fourth Court of Appeals considered the legality of San Antonio’s paid sick leave (PSL) ordinance. The Court
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