Supreme Court of Texas

Using the unambiguous language of the statute for interpretation,Tex. Loc. Gov. Code section 43.052(i) does not create a substantive private right for a landowner to compel arbitration if a municipality takes action by denying the landowner's petition.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/25/2006
• Decided 01/25/2008
• Published 01/25/2008

Judges

• Justice JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice JEFFERSON, Justice WAINWRIGHT, Justice MEDINA, and Justice GREEN joined.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Terry D. Morgan, Terry Morgan & Associates, P.C., James W. Morris Jr., Goins Underkofler Crawford & Langdon, L.L.P., Dallas, F. Dayton Eckert Jr., Law Offices of F. Dayton Eckart Jr., Garland, Bob E. Shannon, Joseph R. Knight, Alice G. McAfee, Baker Botts LLP, Austin, TX, for Petitioner., Theodore Paul Gorski Jr., City of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Edwin M. Snyder, City Attorney's Office, Denton, M. Scott Norman Jr., Texas Association of Builders, Scott Houston, Texas Municipal League, Austin, Darrin M. Coker, City Attorney for City of Pearland, Pearland, Brian D. Shannon, Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, L. Stanton Lowry, Boyle & Lowry, LLP, Irving, TX, for Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• R. Matthew Molash, James A. Baker, Robert H. Mow Jr., Dwight A. Shupe, Matthew R. Miller, Garon R. Horton, Hughes & Luce, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Respondent.