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Loper Bright and Corner Post – Effect on Texas Businesses and Governmental Entities
by James F. Parker In the final three days of the U.S. Supreme Court’s term before its summer break, two of the most impactful decisions on federal administrative law in the twenty-first century were announced. In Loper Bright, the… Read More
The U.S. Supreme Court Speaks: Blocking Users from Commenting on Public Official’s Social Media Account Violates The First Amendment… Maybe
by José de la Fuente Does a public official’s act of blocking certain individuals/members of the public from commenting on an official’s social media account violate the First Amendment rights of that member of the public? The United States Supreme… Read More
Regulations on Images Captured by Drones
by Sydney P. Sadler In 2013, the Texas Legislature enacted Chapter 423 of the Texas Government Code, which governs the operation of unmanned aerial vehicles—drones—in Texas’s airspace (the “Drone Laws”). Tex. Gov’t Code § 423.001, et. seq. After enactment, the… Read More
Court of Appeals Dismisses Claims Against Power Generators Arising from Winter Storm Uri
by James F. Parker On December 14, 2023, the First Court of Appeals in Houston granted a writ of mandamus ordering the district court in the Winter Storm Uri Multi-District Litigation to dismiss the suits brought by thousands of retail… Read More
What to Watch for in the Next SCOTX Term
by James F. Parker It is that time of year when our attention turns toward the normal summertime pursuits—baseball, cook-outs, and the next term of the Texas Supreme Court. So for your summertime beach reading, may we offer the briefs… Read More
Major U.S. Supreme Court Decisions in Enviro/Admin Agency Law
SCOTUS ADOPTS “MAJOR-QUESTION DOCTRINE” TO OVERTURN EPA CLEAN POWER PLAN. Is this a preview of things to come in the next term when SCOTUS takes up WOTUS again? The Supreme Court this morning issued its decision in West Virginia v. Read More
COVID-19 Update: Litigation
by James Parker Along with the rest of the Firm (and much of the world) the Litigation Practice Group (“LPG”) is working from home. But aside from the surroundings, little has changed. Courts are still operating. And, in fact, the… Read More
City Shuts Down Site Threatening its Water Reservoir
City of Cleburne Reaches Settlement to Abate Violations of TCEQ Registration When TCEQ issued a domestic-septage registration to Harrington Environmental LLC—a company with a history of violating TCEQ regulations—allowing it to dispose of septage on land just upstream from its… Read More
Action to Protect Environmental Resources: Lessons from the City of Cleburne and Johnson County’s Fight to Protect Its Drinking Water
By James Parker, Maris Chambers, and Emily Linn For cities, counties and other public utilities and districts, protecting environmental resources from pollution is a paramount concern. When a regulatory body issues a registration or permit that threatens a public resource,… Read More
Texas Supreme Court immunity case holds that specific performance is now an available remedy in certain breach of contract cases against governmental entities
Today, March 15, 2019, in its potentially sweeping decision in Hays Street Bridge Restoration Group v. City of San Antonio, the Texas Supreme Court held that the Local Government Contract Claims Act (“the Act”) waives governmental immunity for the remedy of… Read More
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