City of Arlington v. City of Grand Prairie

OPINION

BREWSTER, Justice.

The City of Grand Prairie sued the City of Arlington seeking to enjoin Arlington from annexing certain land, which we will here call the subject area, and seeking a declaratory judgment declaring the subject area to be a part of the City of Grand Prairie and therefore not subject to being annexed by Arlington. Both cities are Home Rule cities.

A non jury trial was held and the trial judge rendered judgment declaring the subject area to be a part of Grand Prairie and therefore not subject to any attempted annexation by Arlington, and granted a permanent injunction…