Legal Opinion
City of Lubbock v. Corbin
Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)
Decided October 9, 1996No. 07-94-0080-CVPublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DODSON, Justice.
Plaintiff, the City of Lubbock (Lubbock) instituted an action for an injunction to enforce a Housing Standards Commission order requiring defendants Webb and Mary Helen Corbin to secure a house they were constructing and clean up the lot upon which the house was being built. The Corbins counterclaimed against Lubbock under Title 43, § 1983 of the Federal Civil Rights Act alleging due process and equal protection violations. Upon a jury verdict, the trial court rendered judgment in favor of the Corbins for $303,000.
By sixteen points of error, Lubbock asserts the trial court…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- City of St. Louis v. PraprotnikSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
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