Legal Opinion
City of Dallas v. Stewart
Texas Supreme Court
Decided January 27, 2012No. 09-0257PublishedCited by 121 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Jefferson
joined by Justice HECHT, Justice MEDINA, Justice WILLETT, and Justice LEHRMANN.
We deny the motion for rehearing. We withdraw our opinion of July 1, 2011 and substitute the following in its place.
Urban blight threatens neighborhoods. Either as a risk to public health or as a base for illicit activity, dilapidated structures harm property values far more than their numbers suggest. Cities must be able to abate1 these nuisances to avoid disease and deter crime. But when the government sets up a mechanism to deal with this very real problem, it must nonetheless comply with constitutional mandates…
2Cases cited54 opinions
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3Cited by121 opinions
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