MARFIL v. CITY OF NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS

No. 22-50908.

70 F.4th 893 (2023)

Rafael MARFIL; Verge Productions, L.L.C.; Enrico Marfil; Naomi Marfil; Korey A. Rholack; Daniel Olveda; Douglas Wayne Mathes, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED June 16, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chance Weldon , Austin, TX, Robert E. Henneke , Christian G. Townsend , Texas Public Policy Foundation, Austin, TX, James Patrick Sutton , Law Office of J. Patrick Sutton, Bellingham, WA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Ryan D. V. Greene , Terrill & Waldrop, Austin, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.

Sam Spiegelman, Esq. , Pacific Legal Foundation, Seattle, WA, for Amicus Curiae Pacific Legal Foundation.

Ilya Shapiro, Esq. , Manhattan Institute, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae Manhattan Institute.

Sam Spiegelman, Esq. , Pacific Legal Foundation, Seattle, WA, Manuel Stuart Klausner , Law Offices of Manuel S. Klausner, Los Angeles, CA, for Amicus Curiae Reason Foundation.

Elizabeth Sanz , Attorney, Institute for Justice, Arlington, VA, Arif Panju , Institute for Justice, Texas Chapter, Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae Institute for Justice.

Jay Remington Schweikert , Cato Institute, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Cato Institute.

Before Jones, Clement, and Haynes, Circuit Judges:


Plaintiffs here appeal the Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal of their complaint alleging that the City of New Braunfels's zoning regulation banning short-term rentals of residential properties in certain areas of the city is unconstitutional. The district court ordered dismissal by approving a few conclusory paragraphs in a...

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