Legal Opinion
Clear Lake City Water Authority v. Clear Lake Utilities Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Decided April 13, 1977No. B-6071PublishedCited by 158 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REAVLEY, Justice.
Clear Lake Utilities Company (Utilities) initiated this litigation. Utilities sought a declaratory judgment that its contract with Clear Lake Water Authority (Authority) remains a valid and binding contract to give Utilities an exclusive right to provide water and sewer service to all landowners within a certain 100 acre tract. Utilities also sought a declaratory judgment that the property owned by Clear Lake Apartments, Inc. (Apartments), and within the 100 acre tract, could obtain water and sewer service only from Utilities by virtue of a contract between Utilities and the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Cooper v. Texas Gulf Industries, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1974
- City of Brenham v. Brenham Water Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1887
- Hall v. HallTexas Supreme Court · 1957
- Few v. Charter Oak Fire Insurance CompanyTexas Supreme Court · 1971
- Willacy County Water Control & Improvement District No. 1 v. AbendrothTexas Supreme Court · 1944
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