City of Houston v. Clear Creek Basin Authority
- Court
- Texas Supreme Court
- Decided
- October 3, 1979
- Docket
- B-8084
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Texas
Cited 5,187 timesNo negative treatment found in this library
What later courts said
- recognizing that Tex. R. Civ. P. 11 permits parties to "narrow the issues presented to the trial court" — Pathfinder Oil & Gas, Inc. and Cathlind Energy, Llc v. Great Western Drilling, Ltd. (2019)
- holding that once movant established right to summary judgment, burden shifts to nonmovant to demonstrate otherwise — HBO v. Harrison (1998)
- holding that when movant establishes right to summary judgment burden shifts to nonmovant to raise issue of fact precluding judgment — Boyd v. Kallam (2004)
Each line is a later court’s own words about this case, not a summary. Read the opinion before relying on it.
How the opinion begins
SPEARS, Justice.
Respondent Clear Creek Basin Authority, a statutory governmental entity existing under article 8280-311 (1965), sued the City of Houston for injunctive relief and statutory penalties, alleging the unlawful discharge of waste waters by treatment plants operated by the City in violation of chapter 26 of the Texas Water Code. [1]
The trial court granted summary judgment for the City of Houston, but the court of civil appeals reversed and remanded. 573 S.W.2d 839.
Cite this
City of Houston v. Clear Creek Basin Authority, 589 S.W.2d 671 (1979)Read the full opinion
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