Clear Lake City Water Authority v. Winograd

OPINION

EVANS, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a permanent injunction, mandating that Clear Lake City Water Authority furnish water and sewage service to certain land within its jurisdiction owned by the appellee, Dr. Eugene Winograd, trustee. We affirm.

This case was tried before a jury, and two special issues were submitted:

SPECIAL ISSUE ONE

Equal protection of the laws requires that the government base any differences in treatment of applicants on rational criteria that are reasonably related to a legitimate function of that particular governmental unit.

This would prohibit the…