Bruce R. Hotze and Paul Bettencourt v. City of Houston

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-10-00423-CV NO. 03-10-00433-CV NO. 03-10-00497-CV Bruce R. Hotze and Paul Bettencourt, Appellants v. City of Houston, Appellee FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 261ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. D-1-GN-10-001296, HONORABLE STEPHEN YELENOSKY, JUDGE PRESIDING OPINION This appeal arises from an expedited declaratory judgment action instituted by the City of Houston to validate an ordinance raising the City’s water and wastewater service rates. Appellants Bruce R. Hotze and Paul Bettencourt (collectively “Intervenors”) appeal from the…