Legal Opinion
City of Sherman v. Public Utility Com'n of Texas
Texas Supreme Court
Decided January 5, 1983No. C-1311PublishedCited by 142 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARROW, Justice.
The City of Sherman (City) and Greater Texoma Municipal Utility District (Texo-ma), petitioners, filed this action under the Declaratory Judgment Act, article 2524-1, 1 against the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) and Luella Water Supply Corporation (Luella), respondents. The purpose of the suit was to determine if the PUC has jurisdiction to prohibit, condition, control or otherwise regulate the groundwater development activities of petitioners. City has acquired land and proposes to drill four water wells on land outside the City’s municipal limits and within the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- City of Corpus Christi v. Public Utility Commission of TexasTexas Supreme Court · 1978
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