MEEHL v. WISE

No. 14-07-00592-CV.

285 S.W.3d 561 (2009)

Debra J. MEEHL, Mark Meehl, Individually and as Officers and Agents of the Maureen J. Meehl Bipolar/BPD Foundation, Inc., and the Maureen J. Meehl Bipolar/BPD Foundation, Inc., an Arizona Not For Profit Corporation a/k/a the "Meehl Foundation", Appellants, v. Alfred M. WISE, Jr., Katherine D. Wise, John P. Hundl, Donna G. Hundl, Wilmer Conner, Margie Ann Alexander, John T. Horn, Martha G. Horn, John T. Horn, Jr., Christopher Blake Broadway, Paula Lee Broadway, James Zimmer, Mildred Zimmer, Robert Galiley, Patricia Galiley, Billy G. Phillips, Bonnie Kay Phillips, Frank Hlavinka, Barbara Hlavinka, Homero Cardenas, Janie Cardenas, Billie A. Pirtle, Richard Allen, Joyce Allen, George E. Hurst, Thelma Hurst, Gary Fruidenberg, A.J. Lowery, Jr., Ronald Korczynski, Kathy Korczynski, Matthew Mouton, and Annette Mouton, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

April 7, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah Regina Guidry, Houston, Garth A. Corbett, Austin, for appellants.

Keith Vaughan, Houston, for appellees.

Panel consists of Chief Justice HEDGES and Justices GUZMAN and BROWN.


MAJORITY OPINION

ADELE HEDGES, Chief Justice.

In this case, we are asked to determine whether the trial court erred in enforcing a 1965 deed restriction to prevent homeowners from allowing a nonprofit corporation to operate a community home for persons with bipolar disorder in the homeowners' residence. We hold that the actual or attempted enforcement of the deed restriction neither violates the federal Fair Housing...

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