CITY OF HOUSTON v. MAGUIRE OIL CO.

No. 14-09-00701-CV.

342 S.W.3d 726 (2011)

The CITY OF HOUSTON, Appellant, v. MAGUIRE OIL COMPANY, Maguire Energy Company, Cary M. Maguire, Cary M. Maguire as Manager for the Oil Fund U/I/D 9/1/76, Cary M. Maguire as Trustee UTD 1/1/83 FBO Cary M. Maguire, Jr., Cary M. Maguire as Trustee UTD 1/1/83 FBO Melinda Ambler Maguire, Cary M. Maguire as Trustee UTD 5/1/84 FBO Ann Blaine Maguire, Don R. Holloway as Custodian of the W. Matthew Holloway Tugtma, Don R. Holloway as Custodian of the Sarah L. Holloway Tugtma, Don R. Holloway as Custodian of the Barbara Ann Holloway Tugtma, Don R. Holloway as Custodian of the Tillman R. Holloway Tugtma, William N. Collins, Jr., as Custodian of the L. Paige Collins Tugtma, William N. Collins, Jr., as Custodian of the Hattie S. Collins Tugtma, and William N. Collins, Jr., as Custodian of the Chandler Collins Tugtma, Appellees.

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

May 3, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Mark Breeding , C. Charles Dippel , Frederick D. Junkin , Paul Stephen Radich , Mark Lynn Merrell , Houston, for appellant.

Donald E. Herrmann , Todd William Spake , John Thomas Wilson IV , Fort Worth , David T. Hedges, Jr. , James Claiborne Crawford , Houston, for appellees.

Panel consists of Justices SEYMORE, BOYCE, and CHRISTOPHER.


OPINION

WILLIAM J. BOYCE, Justice.

The City of Houston appeals from a judgment in favor of Maguire Oil Company and others1 arising from an inverse condemnation claim predicated on the erroneous invocation of an inapplicable city ordinance to revoke Maguire's natural gas drilling permit. We affirm the trial court's judgment.

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