Legal Opinion
Cascott, L.L.C. v. City of Arlington
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided February 19, 2009No. 2-08-042-CV, 2-08-044-CV, 2-08-046-CV, 2-08-106-CV, 2-08-107-CV, 2-08-108-CV, 2-08-109-CV, 2-08-110-CV, 2-08-111-CV, 2-08-113-CV, 2-08-134-CV, 2-08-135-CV, 2-08-136-CV, 2-08-137-CV, 2-08-138-CV, 2-08-139-CV, 2-08-149-CVPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JOHN CAYCE, Chief Justice.
In this consolidated appeal involving the City of Arlington’s exercise of eminent domain to obtain land for a stadium venue project, seventeen property owners argue in a single issue that the trial court erred in granting a partial summary judgment that the City properly invoked its authority to condemn their properties. We affirm.
I. Background
In 2004, the City and the Dallas Cowboys negotiated a “Master Agreement” detailing the basic terms by which the City would become the site of a new sports stadium complex. That August, the Arlington City Council passed…
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