Legal Opinion
Ballantyne v. Champion Builders, Inc.
Texas Supreme Court
Decided July 9, 2004No. 02-0260PublishedCited by 181 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wainwright
in which Justice HECHT, Justice OWEN, Justice O’NEILL, Justice JEFFERSON, Justice SCHNEIDER, Justice SMITH, and Justice BRISTER joined.
In this case, we decide whether the individual members of a city’s board of adjustment are afforded official immunity for state law claims arising from their actions as members of the board.
Champion Builders, Inc. sued the individual members of the City of Terrell Hills *419Board of Adjustment (BOA) for negligence, gross negligence, and intentional interference with contract arising from the BOA’s revocation of Champion’s permit to construct an apartment building.…
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