WEBB v. CITY OF DALLAS, TEX.

No. 01-11398.

314 F.3d 787 (2002)

Ann Tenison Hereford WEBB; Lizann Tenison Webb; Byron James Webb; Camille Elizabeth Webb Sewell, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF DALLAS, TEXAS; City of Dallas Parks and Recreation Department; City of Dallas Parks & Recreation Board; Paul Dyer, Director, City of Dallas Parks & Recreation Department, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 16, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Murphy (argued), Law Office of James M. Murphy, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

James Bickford Pinson, Asst. City Atty. (argued), Dallas, TX, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before KING, Chief Judge, and JOLLY and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


KING, Chief Judge:

This interlocutory appeal requires us to decide whether, as the district court held, Defendants are immune from suit based on Texas's doctrine of sovereign immunity. Resolution of this question requires us to first decide whether the Plaintiffs have constitutional standing to sue. Because we agree that Plaintiffs have asserted a claim in this controversy sufficient to satisfy Article III's minimum constitutional standing requirements and that state...

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