CITY OF DALLAS v. VSC, LLC

No. 08-0265.

347 S.W.3d 231 (2011)

CITY OF DALLAS, Petitioner, v. VSC, LLC, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided July 1, 2011.

Rehearing Denied September 30, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Steven Estee , Office of the Dallas City Attorney, Barbara E. Rosenberg , Shereen Ali El Domeiri , Assistant City Attorneys, Thomas P. Perkins, Jr. , Dallas City Attorney and James B. Pinson , Assistant City Attorney, Dallas TX, for City of Dallas.

James C. Mosser , Mosser PLLC Lawyers, Byron Kevin Henry , Cowles & Thomson, P.C., Alexis Katz Caughey , Mosser PLLC and Alexis F. Steinberg , Moser Law PLLC, Dallas TX, for VSC, LLC.

James C. Ho , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Dallas TX, Bill Davis , Office of the Attorney General of Texas, Office of Solicitor General, Austin TX, for amicus curiae Office of the Solicitor General of Texas.


Chief Justice JEFFERSON delivered the opinion of the Court, joined by Justice HECHT, Justice MEDINA, Justice GREEN, Justice WILLETT, and Justice LEHRMANN.

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