Legal Opinion

City of Hutchins v. Jenkins

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided January 26, 1982No. 9018PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

BLEIL, Justice.

We affirm the trial court’s judgment because there is sufficient evidence to support it. That judgment enjoined the enforcement of a Hutchins’ parking ordinance.

Findings of fact and conclusions of law were filed which established that the City passed an ordinance prohibiting parking on the two roads abutting the Jenkins’ property; the ordinance was directed at the Jenkins particularly and served no legitimate traffic regulation purpose; and the ordinance is unreasonable and oppressive as applied to the Jenkins. The ordinance was declared invalid and the City was permanently…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. City of Wichita Falls v. Bowen, TrusteeTexas Supreme Court · 1944
  2. Ives v. WatsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1975
  3. City of Richardson v. KaplanTexas Supreme Court · 1969
  4. Jacobini v. ZimmermanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1972

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Village of Lakeway v. Lakeway Municipal Utility District No. 1Court of Appeals of Texas · 1983

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