Legal Opinion
Charles J. Hughes v. Tom Green County
Texas Supreme Court
Decided March 8, 2019No. 17-0409PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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The County decided to recognize the Stephenses' generosity and efforts by attaching their family name to the new library. The County also decided to honor Duwain E. Hughes by putting his name on the library's Audio Visual Department. Mindful of the MPA agreement with Hughes's heirs, the commissioners court also resolved that the $ 500,000 recovery from SMU was "not substantial enough" to name the library for Hughes.
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Sovereign and governmental immunity are common-law concepts that generally protect the State and its political subdivisions from the burdens of litigation. Harris Cty. v.…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission v. IT-DavyTexas Supreme Court · 2002
- Wichita Falls State Hospital v. TaylorTexas Supreme Court · 2003
- Reata Construction Corp. v. City of DallasTexas Supreme Court · 2006
- Employees of Department of Public Health v. Department of Public HealthSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Ex Parte State of New York, No. 1Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Socorro Independent School District v. James Hamilton, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2019
- Barbara Stegall, Individually, and on Behalf of the Estate of Joe Stegall v. TML Multistate Intergovernmental Employee Benefits Pool, Inc., and UMR, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2019
- Charles J. Hughes v. Tom Green County, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2023
- Chris Noel Carlin v. Bexar County, Bexar County Judge Nelson W. Wolff, Judge Ron Rangel, and Judge Rosie Alvarado, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2023
- City of Cibolo v. Cibolo Turnpike, LP, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2025
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