Legal Opinion
Texas Water Rights Commission v. City of Dallas
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided December 5, 1979No. 12982PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’QUINN, Justice.
The controlling issue in this lawsuit is whether the Texas Water Rights Commission has jurisdiction to determine rates charged for water supplied, absent any contract, by a municipality, in this case the City of Dallas, when engaged in selling water beyond its corporate limits to another municipality.
Beginning sometime after 1950, the City of Dallas entered into contracts with certain municipalities, suburbs of Dallas, under which Dallas agreed to supply the cities from its reservoirs with treated water which was surplus to the then current needs of the City of Dallas. Such…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- City of San Antonio v. Texas Water CommissionTexas Supreme Court · 1966
- United Gas Public Service Co. v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- United Gas Public Service Co. v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1935
- Allen v. Park Place Water, Light & Power Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1924
- Trinity River Authority v. Texas Water Rights CommissionCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1972
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Texas Rivers Protection Ass'n v. Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1995
- City of Dallas v. Texas Water Rights CommissionCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1984
- Opinion No., Texas Attorney General Reports1985
- Public Utility Commission of Texas v. City of ShermanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1981
- Texas Ass'n of Long Distance Telephone Companies v. Public Utility Commission of TexasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1990
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