Legal Opinion
Fort Bend County Wrecker Ass'n v. Wright
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided February 22, 2001No. 01-99-00431-CVPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SCHNEIDER, Chief Justice.
Appellee, the Fort Bend County Sheriffs department, maintains a list of wrecker and towing companies on their “Wrecker Rotation List.” The Sheriffs department uses this list to determine which towing company will be assigned to tow cars when the Sheriffs Department requests a non-consensual tow.3 Fort Bend County Sheriff Milton Wright enacted numerous rules and regulations (hereinafter the “Wrecker Rules”) specifying the requirements that wrecker truck companies must meet in order to stay on their County’s Wrecker Rotation List. The Wrecker Rules went into…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Whitten v. Vehicle Removal Corp., Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2001
- Stucky v. City of San AntonioCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
- the Honorable George E. Risner v. Harris County Republican Party, Paul Simpson, Chair, and Leonila Salazar, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2014
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