St. Clair v. Harris County Water Control & Improvement District No. 21

BARRON, Justice.

Plaintiffs filed in the District Court of Harris County a class action against the defendant, Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 21 and its individual board members, seeking to enjoin the District’s charging plaintiffs for water on the basis of the number of living quarters served per meter as opposed to charging solely by the volume of water consumed per meter. Plaintiffs sought a permanent injunction, upon final adjudication, to restrain the above conduct which they considered to be arbitrary, capricious, unreasonable, and in violation of Vernon’s…