WATSON v. CITY OF ALLEN, TX.

No. 15-10732.

821 F.3d 634 (2016)

James H. WATSON, and Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF ALLEN, TEXAS; City of Amarillo Texas; City of Arlington, Texas; City of Austin Texas; City of Balch Springs Texas; City of Balcones Heights, Texas; City of Bastrop, Texas; City of Baytown, Texas; City of Bedford Texas; City of Burleson, Texas; City of Cedar Hill, Texas; City of Cleveland, Texas; City of Conroe, Texas; City of Coppell Texas; City of Corpus Christi Texas; City of Dallas, Texas; City of Denton, Texas; City of Diboll, Texas; City of Duncanville, Texas; City of El Paso Texas; City of Elgin, Texas; City of Farmers Branch, Texas; City of Fort Worth, Texas; City of Frisco Texas; City of Garland Texas; City of Grand Prairie Texas; City of Haltom City, Texas; City of Humble, Texas; City of Hurst, Texas; City of Hutto, Texas; City of Irving Texas; City of Jersey Village, Texas; City of Killeen Texas; City of League City, Texas; City of Little Elm, Texas; City of Longview, Texas; City of Lufkin, Texas; City of Magnolia, Texas; City of Marshall Texas; City of Mesquite Texas; City of North Richland Hills, Texas; City of Plano Texas; City of Port Lavaca, Texas; City of Richardson, Texas; City of Richland Hills, Texas; City of Roanoke, Texas; City of Round Rock, Texas; City of Southlake, Texas; City of Sugar Land Texas; City of Tomball Texas; City of University Park Texas; City of Watauga, Texas; City of Willis, Texas; Redflex Traffic Systems, Incorporated; American Traffic Solutions, Incorporated; American Traffic Solutions, L.L.C.; Xerox State & Local Solutions, Incorporated, formerly known as ACS State & Local Solutions, Incorporated; State of Texas, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 5, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell Joseph Bowman (argued), Bowman & Stella, L.L.P., Irving, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Victoria White Thomas , Senior Litigation Attorney, Robert Eugene Hager , Nichols, Jackson, Dillard, Hager & Smith, Barbara Elaine Rosenberg, Esq. , James Bickford Pinson , Assistant City Attorney, Stacy Jordan Rodriguez , City Attorney's Office, David Randall Montgomery, Esq. , D. Randall Montgomery & Associates, P.L.L.C., Dallas, TX, George A. Staples, Jr. , Taylor, Olson, Adkins, Sralla & Elam, L.L.P., Laetitia Coleman Brown , Gerald Pruitt , Deputy City Attorney, City Attorney's Office, Thomas S. Brandon, Jr. , Whitaker Chalk Swindle & Schwartz, P.L.L.C., Karen Coomer Denney , Thomas Joseph Williams , Haynes & Boone, L.L.P., Lars Lee Berg , Matthew David Stayton , Kelly, Hart & Hallman, L.L.P., Fort Worth, TX, Robert Harris Fugate , Deputy City Attorney, Melinda H. Barlow , Assistant City Attorney, Elisabeth Gazda Kaylor , City Attorney's Office, Arlington, TX, William Charles Bundren, Esq. , Wm Charles Bundren & Associates, Frisco, TX, Jo-Christy Texas Brown , Law Office of J.C. Brown, P.C., Matthew Rex Beatty , Shannon Wade Bangle , Beatty Bangle Strama, P.C., Anne Marie Mackin , Office of the Attorney General, Austin, TX, Matthew Lee Butler , Matthew C.G. Boyle , Boyle & Lowry, L.L.P., Irving, TX, M. Michael Meyer, Esq. , City of Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX, Richard M. Abernathy, Esq. , Charles J. Crawford , Director, Abernathy, Roeder, Boyd & Hullett, P.C., McKinney, TX, Kurt Compton Banowsky , Senior Assistant City Attorney, Matthew David Durham , Assistant City Attorney, Ronald Bradford Neighbor, Esq. , City Attorney, City Attorney's Office, Garland, TX, Andrew Michael Edison , Lynne Liberato (argued), William Feldman , Haynes & Boone, L.L.P., Eric Clayton Farrar , Scott Bounds , John Joseph Hightower , Olson & Olson, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Amy Beth Boyea, Esq. , Edison, McDowell & Hetherington, L.L.P., Arlington, TX, Edwin Armstrong Price Voss, Jr., Esq. , Brown & Hofrneister, L.L.P., Richardson, TX, Timothy Allen Dunn , City Attorney's Office, Plano, TX, Amanda Staines Peterson , Andy Taylor & Associates, P.C., Brenham, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before REAVLEY, JOLLY, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.


This putative class action challenges the use of red light cameras within Texas and, more specifically, the legislation authorizing such cameras. The case was originally filed in state court and subsequently removed to federal court. We must decide whether it should have been remanded.1

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