· 6/25/2004
City of Dallas v. Jennings
Citations
- 142 S.W.3d 310
- 47 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 715
- 2004 Tex. LEXIS 591
- 2004 WL 1434800
How courts have described this case
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- holding that city retained immunity from nuisance claim because plaintiffs did not establish constitutional taking and did not assert waiver of immunity for nuisance claim
- concluding that the city was immune from nuisance a claim because it lacked the requisite intent to be held liable for inverse condemnation
- holding that a taking may occur where the government knows that specific damage is substantially certain to result from its conduct
- holding that city retained immunity from nuisance claim because plaintiffs did not establish constitutional taking and did not assert waiver of immunity for nuisance claim
- holding that city retained immunity from nuisance claim because plaintiffs did not establish constitutional taking and did not assert separate waiver of immunity for nuisance claim
- holding that, when asserting constitutional taking claim, pleader must show governmental entity knows specific act is causing identifiable harm or knows specific property damage is substantially certain to result from authorized government
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Judges: Schneider
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