CITY OF DALLAS v. TCI WEST END, INC.

No. 13-0795

463 S.W.3d 53 (2015)

CITY OF DALLAS, Petitioner, v. TCI WEST END, INC., Respondent

Supreme Court of Texas.

OPINION DELIVERED: May 8, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara E. Rosenberg , Christopher D. Bowers , James B. Pinson , Assistant City Attorneys, Christopher J. Caso , City Attorney's Office, Melissa A. Miles , City of Dallas, Warren M.S. Ernst , Dallas City Attorney, Dallas, Janet Marie Spugnardi , City Attorney's Office, Irving, Jennifer Anne Richie , City of Waco Legal Serv. Dept., Waco, Jennifer Avalon Whit DeCurtis , Messer, Rockfeller & Fort, PLLC, Marsha L. Foulks , Attorney at Law, Frisco, for Petitioner City of Dallas.

Melissa Ann Johnson , Mitchell Madden , Thomas V. Murto III , Holmgren Johnson : Mitchell Madden, LLP, Robert B. Gilbreath , Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP, Dallas, for Respondent TCI West End, Inc.

Jarold Lee Apple , How Frels Rohde Woods & Duke, R. Michael Northrup , Cowles & Thompson, P.C., Dallas, for Amicus Curiae The National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Joe H. Thrash , Assistant Attorney General, Austin, for Intervenor Texas Historical Commission

H. Grady Chandler , Attorney at Law, Garland, for Other Interested Party Dorbet, Inc.

Lawrence J. Friedman , Friedman & Feiger, LLP, Dallas, for Other Interested Party Weir Industries, Inc.


Section 54.012(3) of the Texas Local Government Code authorizes a municipality to pursue a civil action against a property owner to enforce an ordinance "for zoning that provides for the use of land or classifies a parcel of land according to the municipality's district classification scheme." TEX. LOC. GOV'T CODE § 54.012(3). Despite...

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