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· 11/20/1997

Trail Enterprises, Inc. v. City of Houston

Citations

  • 957 S.W.2d 625
  • 138 Oil & Gas Rep. 454
  • 1997 Tex. App. LEXIS 6018
  • 1997 WL 719007

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that original ordinance was a valid exercise of the police power as a matter of law
  • holding that original ordinance was a valid exercise of the police power as a matter of law
  • holding that ordinance prohibiting drilling in watershed area did not violate appellant’s substantive due process rights where it was reasonably related to legitimate state interest of protecting City’s water supply
  • holding that ordinance prohibiting drilling in watershed area did not violate appellant’s substantive due process rights where it was reasonably related to legitimate state interest of protecting City’s water supply
  • reasoning that inverse condemnation claim accrued for limitations defense when city passed ordinance

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Judges: Yates, Hudson, Fowler

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