Legal Opinion
Harris County Wrecker Owners for Equal Opportunity v. City of Houston
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided October 21, 1996No. Civil Action H-95-4802PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
LAKE, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, Harris County Wrecker Owners for Equal Opportunity (HCW) and Houston Private Wrecker Association (HPWA), are associations whose members tow vehicles in the City of Houston. Because their members do not possess emergency wrecker permits (E-Tags), they are restricted under the Houston Wrecker Ordinance from engaging in non-consensual towing from the scene of an accident or arrest. In this action plaintiffs contend that parts of the ordinance are invalid because they are preempted by federal law.
Pending before the court are HCW and HPWA’s…
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