Amdel Pipeline, Inc. v. State ex rel. Texas Parks & Wildlife Department

STEPHENSON, Justice.

Amdel Pipeline, Inc. (Amdel), as plaintiff, filed this declaratory judgment suit, seeking a declaration that it is not required to pay the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (Department) 25$ per cubic yard for spoil dredged from the Neches River adjacent to its wharves. The Department filed a cross-action to recover judgment for 111,-022 cubic yards of spoil dredged, in the amount of $28,865.72. Both parties filed motions for summary judgment and stipulated as to the facts. This is an appeal from the judgment rendered for the Department.

A part of the stipulated facts are…