Gatesco Q.M. Ltd. v. City of Houston

OPINION

Kem Thompson Frost, Chief Justice.

This case arises out of a dispute between the City of Houston and a water-service customer. The customer sought declaratory relief based on various purported constitutional violations that allegedly occurred when the City charged the customer a late fee, shut off the customer’s water supply, and required the customer to post a' deposit before restoring water service. The trial court granted summary judgment for the City and-dismissed the customer’s claims. We reverse and remand as to the customer’s substantive-due-course-of-law claims, under the Texas…