PAPE PARTNERS v. DRR FAMILY PROPERTIES

No. 21-0049.

645 S.W.3d 267 (2022)

PAPE PARTNERS, LTD., Glenn R. Pape and Kenneth W. Pape, Petitioners, v. DRR FAMILY PROPERTIES LP, Respondent

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion Delivered: May 20, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas G. Caroom , Susan M. Maxwell , Gunnar P. Seaquist , Austin, for Petitioners.

Terry B. Gamble , for Other interested party.

Courtney Cox Smith , James D. Bradbury , for Amicus Curiae Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association.

Stacey Steinbach , for Amicus Curiae Texas Water Conservation Association.

Paul M. Terrill III , Austin, Ryan D. Greene , for Amicus Curiae Texas Farm Bureau.

Clinton W. Twaddell III , Susana Canseco , Rhonda S. Jolley , Joseph Davis , for Respondent.

Priscilla M. Hubenak , Austin, Atty. Gen. W. Kenneth Paxton Jr. , Linda B. Secord , Shawn Cowles , Brent Webster , Houston, S. Grant Dorfman , Bellaire, Kellie E. Billings-Ray , Austin, for Amicus Curiae Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.


By statute, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) "has general jurisdiction over ... water and water rights including the issuance of water rights permits[] [and] water rights adjudication".1 The question before us is whether this jurisdiction includes...

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