Legal Opinion
Harris County Flood Control District v. Adam
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided October 25, 2001No. 14-00-00595-CVPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EDELMAN, Justice.
In this interlocutory appeal, 1 the Harris County Flood Control District (the “District”) challenges the denial of its plea to the jurisdiction on the ground that the facts alleged cannot form the basis of a claim for inverse condemnation. We affirm.
Background
Appellees are representatives of an un-certified class of residential property owners in Harris and Brazoria Counties whose properties were allegedly damaged by a flood in 1994. Appellees claim that the manner in which the District supervised and approved the design (the “design”) of Beltway 8 and its drainage…
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