Legal Opinion
Nivens v. City of League City
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided May 1, 2007No. 01-05-00335-CVPublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON REHEARING
GEORGE C. HANKS, JR., Justice.
We withdraw our Opinion of January 18, 2007 and issue this one in its stead. We deny appellants’ motion for rehearing.
Appellants, Joseph Knute Nivens, Wilbur Dunten, and Marvin Fontenot, (collectively “the taxpayers”), challenge the trial court’s order granting a plea to the jurisdiction in favor of appellee, the City of League City (“the City”). We affirm.
Factual and Procedural Background
In 1981, the City consented to create Municipal Utility Districts (“MUDs”) One through Six, which are located 'within the boundaries of the City. 1 The City…
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