TARRANT REGIONAL WATER DIST. v. GRAGG

No. 01-0362.

151 S.W.3d 546 (2004)

TARRANT REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT, Petitioner, v. Billy Harden GRAGG, As Independent Executor of the Estate of O.L. Gragg, Deceased, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided June 25, 2004.

Rehearing Denied January 14, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denise A. Driskell, Asst. City Atty., Dallas, Hodgson Eckel, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Christain W. Kadas, Austin, James H. Routh Jr., Naman Howell Smith & Lee, LLP, Waco, Douglas G. Caroom, Bickerstaff Heath Smiley Pollan Kever McDaniel, L.L.P., Austin, Cora Z. Garcia, Asst. City Atty., Houston, J.B. Love Jr., Love Law Office, Marathon, Frank R. Booth, Aransas Pass, TX, for Amicus Curaie.

George F. Christie, Stan Harrell, Hal R. Ray Jr., Pope Hardwicke Christie Harrell Schell & Kelly, Fort Worth, Milton Reed Jackson, Fairfield, Marc O. Knisely, McGinnis Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P., Shannon H. Ratliff, Ratliff Law Firm, P.L.L.C., Austin, for Petitioner.

Mike A. Hatchell, Raul A. Gonzalez, Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP, Austin, Ron Edmondson, Jacobson & Edmondson, Glenn Sodd, Micah C. Haden, Clay Beard, Dawson & Sodd, P.C., Corsicana, Warren W. Harris, Bracewell & Patterson, L.L.P., Houston, E. Lee Parsley, E. Lee Parsley, P.C., Austin, Molly H. Hatchell, Hatchell P.C., Tyler, for Respondents.


Justice O'NEILL delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case, we must decide whether the evidence is legally sufficient to support the trial court's determination that construction and operation of the Tarrant Regional Water District's Richland-Chambers Reservoir caused a significant change in flooding characteristics that damaged the Gragg Ranch. If it is, we must decide (1) whether a taking resulted, (2) whether the...

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