EL DORADO LAND COMPANY, L.P. v. CITY OF McKINNEY

No. 11-0834.

395 S.W.3d 798 (2013)

EL DORADO LAND COMPANY, L.P., Petitioner, v. CITY OF McKINNEY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Delivered March 29, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest Walter Leonard , Friedman & Feiger, L.L.P., Robert B. Gilbreath , Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP, William V. Dorsaneo III , SMU School of Law, Dallas, TX, for Petitioner.

Kent S. Hofmeister , Mark E. Goldstucker , Brown & Hofmeister LLP, Richardson, TX, for Respondent.


Justice DEVINE delivered the opinion of the Court.

The issue in this inverse condemnation lawsuit is whether a reversionary interest, consisting of the grantor's right to purchase real property on the occurrence of a future event, is a sufficient property interest to support an inverse condemnation claim. The trial court concluded it was not and dismissed the case. The court of appeals affirmed the trial court's judgment, holding that the grantor's retained right...

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