Second Court of Appeals

Summaries of Civil Opinions and Published Criminal Opinions Issued - Week of August 20, 2018

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City of Crowley v. Ray, No. 02-17-00409-CV (Aug. 23, 2018) (Meier, J., joined by Sudderth, C.J., and Walker, J.).

Held:  The trial court properly denied the City’s jurisdictional plea because Ray’s inverse-condemnation claim is not unripe for lacking a final decision by the City, the City did not carry its burden to show that Ray failed to exhaust administrative remedies, Ray complains of direct governmental action by the City, and the Murr factors weigh against treating Phase 1 and Phase 2 as a single unit for purposes of making an economic-value determination.