Legal Opinion
Thomas v. City of Galveston, Texas
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided August 1, 2011No. Civil Action H-10-3331PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
KEITH P. ELLISON, District Judge.
Pending before the Court is Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim (Doc. No. 6). After considering the parties’ arguments and the applicable law, the Court grants the motion in part and denies it in part.
I. BACKGROUND 1
This case arises from events that occurred in Galveston, Texas in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike (“the hurricane”) in September 2008. Plaintiff Kerry L. Thomas and his wife Lisa Weinberger (collectively, the “Thomases”) were residents of Galveston at the time. They chose not to evacuate for the hurricane…
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