Legal Opinion
City of Seabrook v. Port of Houston Authority
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided May 18, 2006No. 01-04-00925-CVPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EN BANC OPINION
JANE BLAND, Justice.
In this condemnation action between two corporate landowners and the Port of Houston Authority, the City of Seabrook appeals the trial court’s interlocutory order denying its plea to the jurisdiction, a plea it asserted upon intervening in the suit.1 We hold that the issue raised in the City’s jurisdictional plea does not implicate the trial court’s subject-matter jurisdiction. The trial court therefore properly denied the plea, and we dismiss the City’s appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
Background
The Port of Houston Authority is a political subdivision and a…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Seureau v. ExxonMobil Corp., Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2008
- Texas Department of Human Services v. Okoli, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2007
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas v. Estate of Arancibia Ex Rel. Vasquez-Arancibia, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2008
- Midland Central Appraisal District v. Plains Marketing, L.P., Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)2006
- Dallas County v. Posey, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2007
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