Legal Opinion
Associated General Contractors of Texas, Inc. v. City of Corpus Christi
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided April 30, 1985No. 13-84-306-CVPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SEERDEN, Justice.
Appellants filed suit to enjoin the execution of a contract between the City of Corpus Christi and A. Ortiz Construction and Paving, Inc., appellees, and for a declaratory judgment that the contract was unlawful. The trial court denied appellants’ request.
By cross-points of error, appellees challenge appellants’ standing to sue.
In order to maintain a suit, a party must have standing to litigate the matters in issue. “Standing consists of some interest peculiar to the person individually and not as a member of the general public. This general rule of standing is applied…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Hunt v. BassTexas Supreme Court · 1984
- Housing Authority of Harlingen v. State Ex Rel. VelasquezCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1976
- Hulett v. West Lamar Rural High School DistrictTexas Supreme Court · 1950
- A & a Construction Co. v. City of Corpus ChristiCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1975
- Watkins v. Certain-Teed Products CorporationCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1950
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Spawglass Construction Corp. v. City of Houston, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)1998
- Urban Electrical Services, Inc. v. Brownwood Independent School District, Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)1993
- City of El Paso, Mayor Oscar Leeser, City Representatives Emma Acosta, Carl L. Robinson, Michiel R. Noe, Courtney C. Niland, Ann Morgan Lilly, Larry Romero, Claudia Ordaz and Lily Limon v. Waterblasting Technologies, Inc. and Thomas G. Wicker, Jr., Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2016
- Flores v. Ontiveros, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2006
- Lomas v. SOUTH TEXAS WATER AUTHORITY, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2005
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