SPEC'S FAMILY PARTNERS, LTD. v. NETTLES

No. 19-20661.

972 F.3d 671 (2020)

SPEC'S FAMILY PARTNERS, LIMITED, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The Excutive Director of The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, Adrian Bentley NETTLES, ex officio; Dexter K. Jones; Emily E. Helm; Judith L. Kennison; Matthew Edward Cherry, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED August 25, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert Thomas Van Huff , Morgan Kay Abels , Anna Hanna , Attorney, Monshaugen & Van Huff, P.C., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff — Appellant

Michael Abrams , Henry Carl Myers , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, General Litigation Division, Austin, TX, for Defendants Appellees Executive Director of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, Adrian Bentley Nettles, Dexter K. Jones, Judith L. Kennison, Matthew Edward Cherry.

Christopher D. Hilton , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Financial Litigation & Charitable Trusts Division, Austin, TX, Henry Carl Myers , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, General Litigation Division, Austin, TX, for Defendant-Appellee Emily E. Helm.

Before Davis, Graves, and Duncan, Circuit Judges.


Spec's Family Partners sued officials in the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission ("TABC") after TABC investigated Spec's and brought a largely unsuccessful administrative action against it. We must decide whether the district court correctly concluded that various forms of immunity required dismissal of Spec's...

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