Supreme Court of Texas
PR Investments & Speciality Retailers, Inc. v. State of Texas, 04-0431
A condemning authority's decision to change the traffic-flow design, revising a road's signs and stripes but not its intended use, does not divest a trial court of jurisdiction over a trial de novo in proceedings under Chapter 21 of the Texas Property Code.
Appellate Information
- Argued 03/21/2007
- Decided 02/15/2008
- Published 02/15/2008
Judges
- Justice WILLETT delivered the opinion of the Court.
Court
- Supreme Court of Texas
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- H. Dixon Montague, Gwen J. Samora, Billy Coe Dyer, Charles Black McFarland, Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., W. Allyn Hoaglund, Hoaglund Law Firm, Houston, TX, for Petitioner., Stephen I. Adler, Barron Adler & Anderson, LLP, Austin, TX, Amicus Curiae.
- For Appellees:
- Greg Abbott, Attorney General of Texas, Barry Ross McBee, Edward D. Burbach, Rafael Edward Cruz, Joseph Hughes, Susan Desmarais Bonnen, Danica Lynn Milios, David S. Morales, Office of the Attorney General, Kristofer S. Monson, Assistant Solicitor General, Kent C. Sullivan, First Assistant Attorney General, Austin, TX, for Respondent.