City of Port Isabel v. Pinnell

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice GARZA.

In this interlocutory appeal, the City of Port Isabel challenges the trial court’s denial of its plea to the jurisdiction, which sought dismissal of a suit for injunctive and declaratory relief filed by H.P. Pinnell and the Town of South Padre Island, as an intervenor. Because we conclude that Pin-nell and the Town of South Padre Island each have standing to sue the City of Port Isabel, we affirm the trial court’s order denying the plea to the jurisdiction.

I. Background

This lawsuit arises from a dispute between the City of Port Isabel, the Town of South Padre…