Legal Opinion
Mobil Oil Corp. v. Matagorda County Drainage District No. 3
Texas Supreme Court
Decided April 2, 1980No. B-8545PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POPE, Justice.
Mobil Oil Corporation filed suit in the district court seeking a declaratory judgment and injunctive relief against Matagor-da County Drainage District No. 3, the Mat-agorda County Commissioners Court, and its members. The State of Texas inter vened. Mobil insists that the drainage district’s annexation of territory for the purpose of draining 178,557 acres of land covered by the waters of the Gulf of Mexico was an unconstitutional application of section 1(4) of article 8176b-!. 1 Both Mobil and the defendants, hereafter referred to as Matagorda, filed motions for summary…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Myles Salt Co. v. Board of Comm'rs of Iberia and St. Mary Drainage Dist.Supreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Tri-City Fresh Water Supply District No. 2 v. MannTexas Supreme Court · 1940
- State Ex Rel. Pan American Production Co. v. City of TexasTexas Supreme Court · 1957
- Scott v. GrahamTexas Supreme Court · 1956
- Kuhn v. City of YoakumTexas Commission of Appeals · 1928
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- Vondy v. Commissioners Court of Uvalde County, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1986
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