SAN JACINTO RIVER AUTHORITY v. MEDINA

No. 19-0400, No. 19-0401, No. 19-0402.

627 S.W.3d 618 (2021)

SAN JACINTO RIVER AUTHORITY, Petitioner, v. Vicente MEDINA, Ashley Medina and Aris Antoniou, Respondents. San Jacinto River Authority, Petitioner, v. Michael A. Burney, et al., Respondents. San Jacinto River Authority, Petitioner, v. Charles J. Argento, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion Delivered: April 16, 2021.

Rehearing Denied September 3, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis C. Reich , Houston, Vincent L. Marable III , Wharton, Jennifer B. Rusty , Daniel P. Barton , Houston, Allison Haver Gabbert , Justin E. VandenBout , William Fred Hagans , Carl David Kulhanek Jr. , Houston, for Respondents Medina, Vicente, Freeman, John R., Argento, Charles J., Medina, Ashley, Antoniou, Aris, Lange, Jennifer Wood, Wolf, Rodney M., Miles, Sherry K., Daniel, Carolyn F., Nowlin, Jack L., Revel, Louise W., Casey, Charles A., Faulkinberry, John, Ryan, Bernard F., Miller, Sally T., Casey, Maureen S., Revel, James R., Buchan, Kristofer D, Stegall, Dana M., Shepherd, Becky A., Burgess, Diane, Daniel, John M., Napier, Junior, William J., Sumner, Todd R., Ensley, Anne, Wolf, Nancy L., Wherry, Diane S., Faulkinberry, Laurie D., Medina, Vicente, Ensley, Jeff, Burgess, Brandon, Burney, Ginger R., Burney, Michael, Nowlin, Linda S., Shepherd, Barry L., Huseman, Kurt V., Miller, David L., Sumner, Kimberly A., Ryan, Cecilia M., Buchan, Melissa, Miles, Robert C., Argento, Katherine, Lange, William E., Freeman, Barbara, Huseman, Debbie L., Wherry, Charles H. F., Stegall, Danny C.

J. Mark Breeding , Cameron Phair Pope , Houston, Scott A. Brister , Austin, William S. Helfand , Frederick D. Junkin , Shane L. Kotlarsky , Houston, for Petitioner.

Jason R. LaFond , Jeffrey C. Mateer , Austin, Ryan Lee Bangert , W. Kenneth Paxton Jr. , Austin, Kyle D. Hawkins , for Amicus Curiae State of Texas.

Justice Devine delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice Hecht, Justice Guzman, Justice Lehrmann, Justice Boyd, Justice Busby, Justice Bland, and Justice Huddle joined.


During Hurricane Harvey in 2017, the San Jacinto River Authority released water from its Lake Conroe reservoir into the San Jacinto River. Contending that this release caused or contributed to the flooding of their properties, downstream property owners filed three multi-party suits in two different district courts, asserting both common-law inverse condemnation claims under Article 1, Section 17 of the Texas Constitution and statutory takings claims under Chapter 2007 of...

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