Simi Investment Company Inc v. Harris County Texas

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that “an abutting property owner possesses an easement of access . . . which is a property right” under Texas law
• applying a rational basis test to determine if interference with property rights violated substantive due process
• substantive due process protects against deprivation of constitutionally protected interests through government’s arbitrary abuse of power
• “Declaratory Judgment Act claims, without another basis for jurisdiction, cannot support the district court’s jurisdiction.” (citation omitted)
• “a nonexistent park used by County officials to interfere with private property interests is clearly arbitrary”
• “The question is only whether a rational relationship exists between the policy and a conceivable legitimate objective. If the question is at least debatable, there is no substantive due process violation.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).