Southern Crushed Concrete, LLC v. City of Houston

Affirmed Majority and Dissenting Opinions filed November 17, 2010.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

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NO. 14-09-00873-CV

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SOUTHERN CRUSHED CONCRETE, LLC, Appellant

V

CITY OF HOUSTON, Appellee

On Appeal from the 333rd District Court

Harris County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 2008-68402

DISSENTING OPINION

As a home-rule municipality, the City of Houston has broad powers of self-government. But the constitutional provision that confers those powers also prohibits the city from passing ordinances that “contain any provision inconsistent with” acts of the Texas…