SAN JACINTO RIVER AUTHORITY v. BURNEY

No. 01-18-00365-CV, No. 01-18-00406-CV, No. 01-18-00407-CV.

570 S.W.3d 820 (2018)

SAN JACINTO RIVER AUTHORITY, Appellant, v. Michael A. BURNEY, Ginger R. Burney, Charles A. Casey, Maureen S. Casey, John M. Daniel, Carolyn F. Daniel, Robert C. Miles, Sherry K. Miles, Jack L. Nowlin, Linda S. Nowlin, Barry L. Shepherd, Becky A. Shepherd, Charles H.F. Wherry, Diane S. Wherry, Rodney M. Wolf, and Nancy L. Wolf, Appellees, San Jacinto River Authority, Appellant, v. Charles J. Argento, Katharine Argento, Kristofer D. Buchan, Melissa Buchan, Brandon Burgess, Diane Burgess, Jeff Ensley, Anne Ensley, John Faulkinberry, Laurie D. Faulkinberry, John R. Freeman, Barbara Freeman, Kurt V. Huseman, Debbie L. Huseman, William E. Lange, Jennifer Wood Lange, David L. Miller, Sally T. Miller, William J. Napier, Jr., Christine D. Napier, James L. Revel, Louise W. Revel, Bernard F. Ryan, Cecilia M. Ryan, Dana M. Stegall, Danny C. Stegall, Todd R. Sumner, and Kimberly A. Sumner, Appellees, San Jacinto River Authority, Appellant, v. Vicente Medina, Ashley Medina, and Aris Antoniou, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

Rehearing Denied March 26, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S. Helfand , Shane L. Kotlarsky , Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, 24 Greenway Plaza, Ste 1400, Houston, TX 77046, for Appellant.

William Fred Hagans , Jennifer B. Rustay , Carl D. Kulhanek, Jr. , Hagans Montgomery & Rustay, P.C., 3200 Travis, St., 4th Fl., Houston, TX 77006, Justin E. Vandenbout , Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry, 1200 Smith St., Ste. 1400, Houston, TX 77002, Daniel P. Barton , The Barton Law Group, 1201 Shepherd Dr., Houston, TX 77007, Dennis Reich , Reich & Binstock, LLP, 4265 San Felipe, Ste. 1000, Houston, TX 77027, Vincent L. Marable III , Paul Webb, P.C., 221 North Houston St., Wharton, TX 77488, for Appellees in Case Number: 01-18-00365-CV.

William Fred Hagans , Jennifer B. Rustay , Carl D. Kulhanek, Jr. , Hagans Montgomery & Rustay, P.C., 3200 Travis, St., 4th Fl., Houston, TX 77006, Vincent L. Marable III , Paul Webb, P.C., 221 North Houston St., Wharton, TX 777488, for Appellees in Case Number: 01-18-00406-CV.

William Fred Hagans , Jennifer B. Rustay , Carl D. Kulhanek, Jr. , Hagans Montgomery & Rustay, P.C., 3200 Travis, St., 4th Fl., Houston, TX 77006, Allison H. Gabbert , The Gabbert Law Firm, 11511 Katy Freeway, Ste. 610, Houston, TX 77079, Daniel P. Barton , The Barton Law Group, 1201 Shepherd Dr., Houston, TX 77007, Dennis Reich, Reich & Binstock, LLP, 4265 San Felipe, Ste. 1000, Houston, TX 77027, Vincent L. Marable III, Paul Webb, P.C., 221 North Houston St., Wharton, TX 77488, for Appellees Case Number: 01-18-00407-CV.

Panel consists of Justices Jennings, Higley, and Massengale.


OPINION

During Hurricane Harvey, the San Jacinto River Authority released water from Lake Conroe into the San Jacinto River. Owners of homes that flooded in Kingwood, Texas have sued the River Authority in the district courts of Harris County, seeking compensation for their inverse-condemnation and statutory...

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