DE ALMANZA v. LAREDO WATER WORKS SYSTEM

No. 78-1464. Summary Calendar.

582 F.2d 970 (1978)

Guadalupe Ortega DE ALMANZA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LAREDO WATER WORKS SYSTEM and the City of Laredo, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 26, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnulfo Gonzalez, Jr., Laredo, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Mann, Freed, Kazen & Hansen, George P. Kazen, Laredo, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before RONEY, GEE and FAY, Circuit Judges.


GEE, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant Ortega appeals the summary judgment in favor of defendants, City of Laredo and Laredo Water Works System, in her diversity suit for personal injuries. The outcome primarily depends on whether a provision of the Laredo City Charter that unconstitutionally bars suits by persons injured on city sidewalks is severable from another provision establishing valid notice requirements. Appellant also contends that the charter section...

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