City of Harlingen v. Obra Homes, Inc., Claude Thacker and Catherine Thacker

NUMBER 13-02-268-CV

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG

CITY OF HARLINGEN, Appellant,

v.

OBRA HOMES, INC., CLAUDE THACKER

AND CATHERINE THACKER, Appellees.

On appeal from the 138th District Court

of Cameron County, Texas.

M E M O R A N D U M O P I N I O N

Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Rodriguez and Garza

Opinion by Chief Justice Valdez

Obra Homes, Inc. (“Obra”) sued the City of Harlingen (“the City”) contending the City’s failure to grant its zoning request was a “taking” under the Texas Constitution and was also a violation of due process and equal…