CITY OF AUSTIN v. WHITTINGTON

No. 10-0316.

384 S.W.3d 766 (2012)

CITY OF AUSTIN, Petitioner, v. Harry M. WHITTINGTON, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided August 31, 2012.

Rehearing Denied December 14, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ramon G. Viada III , Viada & Strayer, The Woodlands, TX, for Amicus Curiae Clear Lake City Water Authority.

Douglas G. Caroom , Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP, Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae Texas Farm Bureau.

Lauren Ford Crawford , Texas Municipal League, Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae Texas Municipal League, Texas City Attorneys Association and Texas Association of Counties.

A.A. Jack Ross IV , Ross Molina Oliveros, P.C., Howard P. Newton , Cox Smith Matthews Incorporated, James Michael Oliveros , Ross Molina Oliveros, P.C., San Antonio, TX, Anne L. Morgan , City of Austin Law Dept., Litigation Division Chief, David Allan Smith , Austin City Attorney, Karen M. Kennard , City of Austin, Max Renea Hicks , Law Office of. Max Renea Hicks, Austin, TX, for Petitioner City of Austin.

John J. `Mike' McKetta III , Robert J. Hearon Jr. , William Gerow Christian , Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody, P.C., Austin, TX, for Respondent Whittington, Harry M., et al.


Justice GUZMAN delivered the opinion of the Court in which Chief Justice JEFFERSON, Justice WAINWRIGHT, Justice MEDINA, Justice GREEN, Justice JOHNSON and Justice LEHRMANN joined.

In this appeal from the City of Austin's (City) condemnation of property to build a parking garage for a nearby convention center and a facility to chill water to cool nearby buildings, we examine and define the scope of judicial review of legislative takings. The Texas Constitution and...

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