City of Krum v. Rice

OPINION

LEE ANN DAUPHINOT, JUSTICE

In this interlocutory appeal, Appellant the City of Krum complains of the trial court’s denial of its plea to the jurisdiction in the suit brought against it by Appellee Taylor Rice.1 Rice brought this suit challenging Krum’s sex offender residency restrictions ordinance (SORRO). In five issues, Krum argues that the trial court does not have jurisdiction over Rice’s claims because the SORRO is a penal ordinance, that Rice has no standing to challenge the SORRO, that the trial court erred by allowing deemed admissions to be withdrawn, that the trial court erred…