Legal Opinion

City of Dallas v. Zetterlund

Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)

Decided August 15, 2008No. 05-07-01378-CVPublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice MAZZANT.

Appellee Peary A. Zetterlund sued appellant, the City of Dallas, for inverse condemnation. The trial court denied the City’s plea to the jurisdiction, and the City perfected this accelerated interlocutory appeal from that ruling. We affirm in part and reverse and render in part.

I. Background

A. Facts

We draw this statement of facts from the allegations in Zetterlund’s pleadings. Zetterlund owns an undeveloped tract of land situated on Harry Hines Boulevard *827in Dallas, Texas. In December 2003, he discovered that certain City contractors were using his property as…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Texas Department of Parks & Wildlife v. MirandaTexas Supreme Court · 2004
  2. Lear Siegler, Inc. v. PerezTexas Supreme Court · 1991
  3. City of Dallas v. JenningsTexas Supreme Court · 2004
  4. Dallas County v. Gonzales, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2006
  5. Whittington v. City of Austin, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2005

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Koch v. TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2008
  2. Frank and Shelley Thornton v. Northeast Harris County MUD 1, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2014
  3. Jose Gerardo Padilla, Giovanna Padilla and Houston Best Foods & Services, LLC D/B/A Doneraki Fulton v. Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris CountyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2016
  4. the City of Keller v. Kimberlee Diane Meadors Hall and A. Thomas Hall, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2014
  5. City of Dallas v. Zetterlund, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2008

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