Flores v. Texas Department of Health

KIDD, Justice.

This is an appeal from a suit for judicial review of a Texas Department of Health (the “Health Department”) order granting a permit for expansion of a solid-waste disposal site operated by Port Bend County (the “County”). Alice Flores, Esequiel Flores, Celina Flores, Margaret Gonzales, Marcus Ortiz, Arnold Vyvial, and Felicita Arriaga (hereinafter collectively “Appellants”) filed suit in district court. The County intervened in the suit due to its interest in the permit. After the County’s intervention, the district court denied a joint motion for remand filed by the Health…