LUBBOCK COUNTY v. CHURCH & AKIN

No. 12-1039.

442 S.W.3d 297 (2014)

LUBBOCK COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT and Tommy Fisher, in his official capacity as President of the Board of Directors of the Lubbock County Water Control and Improvement District, Petitioners, v. CHURCH & AKIN, L.L.C., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided July 3, 2014.

Rehearing Denied August 20, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Benitez , Jody Dewayne Jenkins , Jenkins, Wagnon & Young, P.C., Lubbock, TX, for Petitioner Lubbock County Water Control and Improvement District.

Elizabeth G. Hill , Gary M. Bellair , Ryan Bigbee , Craig, Terrill, Hale & Grantham, LLP, Lubbock, TX, for Respondent.


Justice BOYD delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice HECHT, Justice GREEN, Justice GUZMAN, Justice LEHRMANN, Justice DEVINE, and Justice BROWN joined.

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