Legal Opinion
Collins v. City of Corpus Christi
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided March 30, 2006No. 13-03-428-CVPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Justice YÁÑEZ.
Appellants 1 appeal a summary judgment granted in favor of appellee, the City of Corpus Christi (“the City”). By two issues, appellants contend the trial court erred in granting summary judgment based on the City’s affirmative defenses of collateral estoppel and res judicata because neither doctrine is applicable. We affirm.
I. Background
Appellants are present or former members of the City’s Fire Department. On January 21, 2000, appellants filed a class action in state court in Nueces County, Texas. 2 Appellants sought overtime pay and other remedies for work in…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Nixon v. Mr. Property Management Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1985
- City of Houston v. Clear Creek Basin AuthorityTexas Supreme Court · 1979
- American Tobacco Co., Inc. v. GrinnellTexas Supreme Court · 1997
- State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. S.S.Texas Supreme Court · 1993
- Southmark Corp. v. Coopers & LybrandCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Long Beach Mortgage Co. v. Evans, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2009
- Orr v. MortvedtSupreme Court of Iowa · 2007
- Henry Clay Heirs v. James A. Bouligny and Larry Sallee, as Independent of the Estate of Elsie Sallee, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2009
- Henry Clay Heirs v. James A. Bouligny and Larry Sallee, as Independent of the Estate of Elsie Sallee, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2009
- James Edwin Peeler v. Baylor University, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2009
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