Supreme Court of Texas

In a condemnation action, damages resulting from a commercial property's increased proximity to a roadway, with attendant loss of curb appeal, green space, and "buffer" zone, are special rather than community damages.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/03/2001
• Decided 10/25/2001
• Published 10/25/2001

Judges

• Justice BAKER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• H. Dixon Montague,Marie R. Yeates, Billy Coe Dyer, Sandra Garza Rodriguez, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Randall M. Ward, John Cornyn, Andy Taylor, Locke, Liddell & Sapp, Linda Eads, Grady Click, Howard G. Baldwin, Deputy Atty. Gen. for Child Support., Susan Desmarais Bonnen, Walter C. Brocato, Jeffrey S. Boyd, Austin, for respondent.