SHERMAN, Texas—Today, a federal jury ruled that Vicki Baker is entitled to $59,656.59 in damages after a SWAT team destroyed her McKinney, Texas, home while pursuing a fleeing fugitive in July 2020. The ruling is a victory for Vicki, who joined forces with the Institute for Justice (IJ) to file a lawsuit in March 2021, after the city refused to pay for the damage that had been caused.
HOUSTON - The First Court of Appeals today found that a trial court properly denied the city of Houston’s plea to the jurisdiction in a lawsuit brought over an officer’s collision.
AUSTIN - The Railroad Commission rescinding an approval letter for proposed injection wells did not deprive the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of its jurisdiction to grant the permit application, the Texas Supreme Court ruled on Friday.
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND – Today, the 13th Court of Appeals reversed a ruling denying the city of South Padre Island’s plea to the jurisdiction, dismissing a claim over food truck restrictions.
AUSTIN - The Texas Supreme Court recently held that a pair of taxpayers have standing to assert their claims that the Houston mayor and city council members allegedly misallocated tax revenue in fiscal year 2020 in violation of the City Charter.
HOUSTON - Today, the 14th Court of Appeals dismissed an inverse condemnation action against the city of Houston without prejudice, leaving the door open for the plaintiffs to refile the claim.
HOUSTON - Yesterday, the 14th Court of Appeals affirmed a ruling granting the city of Houston’s plea to the jurisdiction in a personal injury case arising from a motorcycle accident.
HOUSTON - Today, the 14th Court of Appeals reversed a trial court’s order denying the city of Webster’s plea to the jurisdiction in an inverse condemnation claim.
AUSTIN - The Texas Supreme Court is allowing a group of claimants to replead their case against the city of San Antonio – individuals who sued over the city’s exclusion of Chick-fil-A from the San Antonio airport.
HOUSTON - The 14th Court of Appeals recently affirmed a ruling denying the city of Houston governmental immunity in a lawsuit brought over an automobile collision involving one of the city’s garbage trucks.
HOUSTON - Today, the 14th Court of Appeals reversed a summary judgment win in favor of the Houston First Corporation, who was sued by the Republican Party of Texas over the cancellation of its 2020 convention.
IJ client Azael Sepulveda can finally open his mechanic's shop in Pasadena, Texas. That's because of a rare temporary injunction we secured yesterday against the city's demand that he build dozens of useless and expensive parking spots.
HOUSTON — Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner Partner Brant J. Stogner, and firm attorneys Jennifer O. Stogner, Jonathan D. Sneed, and Soroush Montazari, have filed a lawsuit in Dallas County against the Apartment Complex, its Management Companies, and Atmos Energy Corporation on behalf of the three firefighters who were severely burned and permanently injured as a result of a natural gas explosion at the Highland Hills Apartments in Oak Cliff on Sept. 29, a press release states.
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the city of Denton after it refused to pull down its mask mandate in response to a notice letter from the AG’s Office.
