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FM PROPERTIES OPERATING v. CITY OF AUSTIN

No. 98-0685.

22 S.W.3d 868 (2000)

FM PROPERTIES OPERATING COMPANY, et al., Appellants, v. The CITY OF AUSTIN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided June 15, 2000.

Rehearing Overruled August 24, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Thomas, Hohmann & Taube, Eric Taube, Hohmann, Werner & Taube, Austin, P. Michael Jung, Strasburger & Price, Dallas, Roy Q. Minton, John L. Foster, Minton Burton Foster & Collins, Austin, Joe A. Osborn, Kendall Randle Finch & Osborn, Austin, Julian Lockwood, McGinnes Lochridge & Kilgore, Austin, Louis S. Zimmerman, Pike Powers, Mary S. Dietz, Lyn Elizabeth Dean, Marcy H. Greer, Fulbright & Jaworski, Austin, Michael G. Burk, The Burk Law Firm, Austin, John J. McKetta, III, Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody, Austin, Patton G. Lochridge, Scott Patrick Baker, McGinnis Lochridge & Kilgore, Austin, for Appellants.

Stephen E. McConnico, Jane M. N. Webre, Scott Douglas & McConnico, Austin, Andrew F. Martin, City Atty., Casey L. Dobson, Scott Douglass Luton & McConnico, Austin, Jennifer K. Lipinski, Scott Douglass & McConnico, Austin, Tommy Jacks, Mithoff & Jacks, Austin, Karl Bayer, Law Office of Karl Bayer, Austin, Pamela Stanton Baron, Austin, for appellee.

Justice BAKER delivered the opinion of the Court in which Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice ENOCH, Justice Hankinson, Justice O'NEILL and Justice GONZALES joined.

The primary issue in this direct appeal is whether section 26.179 of the Texas Water Code, which allows certain private landowners to create "water quality protection zones" in certain cities' extraterritorial jurisdictions, violates the Texas Constitution. We conclude that it does because it unconstitutionally...

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