Legal Opinion
Arrington v. Mattox Ex Rel. People
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 29, 1989No. 3-88-086-CVPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ABOUSSIE, Justice.
Appellants John and Dorothy Arrington appeal the granting of a summary judgment by a district court of Travis County in an “open beaches” suit. See Tex.Nat.Res. Code Ann. §§ 61.001-61.025 (1978 & Supp. 1989) (the Open Beaches Act). The judgment prohibits appellants from interfering with the public’s right of free access over the beach adjacent to their property which is seaward of the natural vegetation line. We will affirm the judgment.
Appellants own a lot and home facing the Gulf of Mexico in the Bermuda Beach subdivision on West Beach, Galveston Island, Texas. In August…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Nollan v. California Coastal CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- First English Evangelical Lutheran Church v. County of Los AngelesSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Norton Co. v. Department of Revenue of Ill.Supreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Seaway Co. v. Attorney General of the StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1964
- Feinman v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1986
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- Severance v. PattersonDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 2007
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