Legal Opinion
City of Houston v. Savely
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided February 13, 1986No. 01-85-0178-CVPublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COLEMAN, Chief Justice
(Retired).
This is an appeal from a judgment that held two City of Houston annexation ordinances void. These ordinances numbers 77-1423 (“the strip annexation”) and 77-1668 (“the block annexation”) purported to annex the unincorporated area known as Clear Lake City. The plaintiffs, Clear Lake City Water Authority and 12 private citizens, sued the City of Houston and various present and former officials of the city (“Houston” or “the city”) seeking to have the annexation ordinances declared void by reason of alleged violations of the Municipal Annexation Act,…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- City of Clute v. City of Lake JacksonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1977
- State v. Mauritz-Wells Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1943
- City of West Lake Hills v. State Ex. Rel. City of AustinTexas Supreme Court · 1971
- Taylor v. Higgins Oil & Fuel Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1928
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- Ramirez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1994
- Village of Creedmoor v. Frost National BankCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1991
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