Laidlaw Waste Systems (Dallas), Inc. v. City of Wilmer

in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, and HIGHTOWER, HECHT, GAMMAGE, ENOCH and SPECTOR, Justices, join.

In this case we must determine whether a Type A general-law municipality may annex a contiguous area pursuant to section 43.024 of the Local Government Code, when the annexation causes it to exceed the statutory area limitations that were applicable when it initially incorporated under section 6.001 of the Code. Laidlaw Waste Systems (Dallas), Inc. brought suit to void the annexation of its property by the City of Wilmer, Texas, a Type A municipality.1 The trial court rendered summary judgment…