Harris County, Texas v. Stephanie Jo Baker, 01-15-00930-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist.], April 21, 2016) This is a negligence case based on injuries allegedly incurred during an arrest. The First District Court of Appeals reversed the denial of the County’s
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City of Pearsall v. Robert Tobias 04-15-00302-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, April 20, 2016) This is an employment case where the San Antonio Court of Appeals reversed a trial court judgment awarding a former city manager severance damages. In 2013 Tobias
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WHEELABRATOR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL, INC. v. CITY OF SAN ANTONIO 15-0029 (Tex. April 15, 2016) This Texas Supreme Court case is another proprietary/governmental dichotomy case regarding contracts where the Court held the public utility contract at issue was a proprietary function not
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City of Dallas, et al v. Robert Groden 05-15-00033-CV (Tex. App. – Dallas, April 6, 2016). This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction in a malicious prosecution case. The Dallas Court of Appeals reversed the
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Galveston County Judge Mark Henry and County Commissioners Ryan Dennard, Joe Guisti, Stephen Holmes and Ken Clark, in their Official Capacity as the Galveston County Commissioners Court v. Kimberly Sullivan, Judge Probate Court of Galveston County 14-15-00161-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [14th
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City of Rio Grande City, et al v. BFI Waste Services of Texas, LP d/b/a Allied Waste Services of Rio Grande Valley 04-15-00729-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, April 4, 2016) This is an interlocutory appeal case where the central issues are
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WASSON INTERESTS, LTD. v. CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, 14-0645 (Tex. April 1, 2016) This is a proprietary-governmental dichotomy in contracts case where the Texas Supreme Court ruled the dichotomy does exist within the context of breach of contract disputes. In the 1990s, the
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HOUSTON BELT & TERMINAL RAILWAY CO., et al. v. CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS AND DANIEL KRUEGER, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING, 14-0459 (Tex. April 1, 2016) This is an ultra-vires case where the Texas Supreme Court
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The County of La Salle v. Joe Weber, et al, 03-14-00501-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, March 18, 2016). This is largely an ultra vires suit where a County sued the state for improper administrative rules and implementation of grant eligibility requirements. The
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Texas Department of Transportation v. Haley Brown 06-15-00090-CV (Tex. App. – Texarkana March 22, 2016) This interlocutory appeal arises from the denial of the Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT’s) plea to the jurisdiction regarding Haley Brown’s claims for personal injury in which
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