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SEVERANCE v. PATTERSON

No. 09-0387.

345 S.W.3d 18 (2010)

Carol SEVERANCE, Petitioner, v. Jerry PATTERSON, Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office; Greg Abbott, Attorney General for the State of Texas; and Kurt Sistrunk, District Attorney for the County of Galveston, Texas, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided November 5, 2010.

Order Abating Grant of Rehearing July 29, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. David Breemer , Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, CA, Martha Hardwick Hofmeister , Shackelford, Melton & McKinley, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Carol Severance, pro se, for Carol Severance.

Greg W. Abbott , Attorney General of Texas, Kent C. Sullivan , Jeffrey L. Rose , Attorney General of Texas, Austin, TX, Rafael Edward Cruz , Morgan Lewis Bockius LLP, Houston, TX, Karen Watson Kornell , Office of the Attorney General of Texas, Chief, Natural Res. Div., Daniel L. Geyser , Asst. Solicitor General, Office of the Attorney General of Texas, Ken Cross , Office of the Attorney General, Brian E. Berwick , Office of the Attorney General of Texas, Environmental Protection & Adm. Law Div. (018), Clarence Andrew Weber , First Assistant Attorney General, David S. Morales , Office of the Attorney General of Texas, Deputy First Assistant Attorney General and James C. Ho , Solicitor General of Texas, Austin, TX, for Jerry Patterson.

Barry C. Willey , Galveston County Legal Department, Galveston, TX, for Kurt Sistrunk.

Charles Rice Young , Houston, TX, for Amicus Curiae Surfrider Foundation.

Ted Hirtz , Houston, TX, for Amicus Curiae Surfside Property Owners.

James H. Barrow , Law Offices of James H. Barrow, P.C., San Antonio, TX, for Amicus Curiae Texas Wildlife Association.

Michael V. Powell , Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP, Dallas, TX, for Amicus Curiae Texas Landowners Council.

Lynn E. Blais , University of Texas School of Law, Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae University of Texas School of Law.

Matthew Joseph Festa , South Texas College of Law, Houston, TX, for Amicus Curiae Matthew J. Festa.

J. Gregory Hudson , Hudson & O'Leary, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae Texas Conference of Urban Counties.

Sidney S. McClendon III , Houston, TX, for Amicus Curiae Texas Chapter of the American Shore & Beach Preservation Assoc.

Justice WAINWRIGHT delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Justice HECHT, Justice GREEN, Justice JOHNSON, Justice WILLETT, and Justice GUZMAN joined.

This case comes before us in the form of certified questions from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Pursuant to article V, section 3-c of the Texas Constitution and Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 58.1, we answer the following questions:

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