Legal Opinion
State, Water Dev. v. Hearts Bluff Game
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided May 13, 2010No. 03-09-00598-CVPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
J. WOODFIN JONES, Chief Justice.
Appellee Hearts Bluff Game Ranch, Inc. (“Hearts Bluff’) sued appellants the State of Texas and the Texas Water Development Board (“the Board”) (collectively, “the State Defendants”) alleging a regulatory taking. The State Defendants filed a plea to the jurisdiction, which the trial court denied. On appeal, the State Defendants argue that the jurisdictional facts pleaded by Hearts Bluff do not allege a valid regulatory taking and, consequently, that Hearts Bluff has not pleaded a claim for which sovereign immunity has been waived. We will reverse the…
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