Legal Opinion
City of Fort Worth v. Atlas Enterprises
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 14, 1958No. 15891PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MASSEY, Chief Justice.
Atlas Enterprises is a business which manufactures and distributes fireworks. It is located in Tarrant County, outside the county seat, City of Fort Worth. Incident to the shipment of fireworks so manufactured, transportation thereof passes at times through the corporate limits of the City of Fort Worth.
Sometime prior to the occasion which is the subject of this suit, the City of Fort Worth, a home rule city, passed its Ordinance No. 3099. By its provisions, fireworks were prohibited. It declared as unlawful the storing, using, manufacturing, assembling, handling,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Pope v. Edward M. Rude Carrier Corp.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1953
- Actiesselskabet Ingrid v. Central R.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1914
- Murphy v. WrightCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1938
- Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Co. v. BeauchampTexas Supreme Court · 1902
- Parker v. City of Fort WorthCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1955
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- City of Las Vegas v. MobergNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1971
- City of Lubbock v. WhitacreCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1967
- Cohen v. BredehoeftDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1968
- Midway Protective League v. City of DallasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1977
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