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Decisions from the Texas Supreme Court (Tex. 2008)
Canyon Regional Water Authority v. Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority, No. 06-0873 (Tex. May 16,
2008)(Opinion by Paul Green) (water law, intergovernmental dispute over easement for water
extraction from lake, condemnation power)
Pruett v. Harris County Bail Bond Board, et al, No. 05-0283 (Tex. Mar. 28, 2008)(O’Neill) (local
governmental entities, regulatory authority, ultra vires claim)
Lowenberg v. City of Dallas, No. 06-0310 (Tex. Mar. 28, 2008)(per curiam) (local governments)
(illegal fee, tax refund suit, takings claim, declaratory judgment, UDJA attorney's fees)
Trend Offset Printing Services, Inc. v. Collin County Community College District (CCCCD) No. 06-0525
(Tex. Mar. 28, 2008)(per curiam) (government immunity, breach of contract, statutory waiver)
City of Dallas v. DeQuire, No. 06-0543 (Tex. Mar. 28, 2008)(per curiam)
(local governmental entities, immunity waiver)
Nueces County v. San Patricio County, No. 07-0166 (Tex. Jan. 25, 2008)(per curiam)
(governmental immunity, county vs county dispute over wrongfully collected property taxes)
CASES FROM THE COURTS OF APPEALS IN WHICH THE SUPREME
COURT DENIED REVIEW
08-0113
THE CITY OF HOUSTON v. SATURN CAPITAL CORPORATION; from Harris County; 14th district
(14-07-00379-CV, 246 SW3d 242, 12-11-07,pet. denied Aug. 2008)(sovereign immunity, local
governmental units, grant of plea to the jurisdiction reversed, illegal fee, invalid lien)
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