HARRIS CTY. WRECKER OWNERS v. CITY OF HOUSTON

Civil Action No. H-95-4802.

943 F.Supp. 711 (1996)

HARRIS COUNTY WRECKER OWNERS FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY and Houston Private Wrecker Association, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF HOUSTON, Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Houston Division.

October 21, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan E. Bruce, Houston, TX, for plaintiffs.

Gene L. Locke, James Edwin Essig, Liddell Sapp Zivley Hill and Laboon, Houston, TX, for defendant.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

LAKE, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, Harris County Wrecker Owners for Equal Opportunity (HCW) and Houston Private Wrecker Association (HPWA), are associations whose members tow vehicles in the City of Houston. Because their members do not possess emergency wrecker permits (E-Tags), they are restricted under the Houston Wrecker Ordinance from engaging in non-consensual towing from the scene of an accident or arrest. In this action...

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