Opinions

Justice Bland delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice Hecht, Justice Guzman, Justice Lehrmann, Justice Boyd, Justice Devine, Justice Busby, and Justice Huddle joined, and in which Justice Blacklock joined except as to Part III.B. PDF

Justice Blacklock delivered a concurring opinion.View Electronic Briefs | Oral Argument PDF

Court of Appeals

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Trial Court

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Date	Event	Outcome
2021-06-11	Certified cys of cost bill sent to attys of record
2021-05-07	Opinion issued	Denied
2021-05-07	Concurring Opinion issued.	Issued
	This case was awaiting the Court's decision after oral argument between February 4, 2021 and May 7, 2021.
2021-02-04	Oral argument
2021-01-25	Submission Schedule
2021-01-19	Letter sent to parties from Supreme Court - See Remarks
2020-12-27	Oral Argument Submission Form from Attorney received
2020-12-16	Oral Argument Submission Form from Attorney received
2020-12-11	Petition for Writ of Mandamus disposed	Case set for oral argument
2020-12-11	Mandamus Set to Argue
2020-12-11	Case set for oral argument	Case set for oral argument
	This case was pending on merits briefs between September 24, 2020 and December 11, 2020.
2020-09-24	Reply Brief (Relator)
2020-09-24	Case Record Filed
2020-09-09	Brief on the Merits (Real Parties in Interest)
2020-08-04	Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief filed
2020-08-04	Motion for Extension of Time disposed.	Filing granted
2020-07-20	Case Record Filed
2020-07-20	Brief on the Merits (Relator)
2020-06-19	Brief on the Merits Requested
2020-05-11	Reply to Petition for Writ of Mandamus (Relator)
2020-05-06	Amended Response to Petition for Review filed (Real Parties in Interest)
2020-05-05	Call received
2020-05-04	Response to Petition for Writ of Mandamus Filed (Real Parties in Interest)
2020-04-03	Supreme Court of Texas Requested Response
2020-03-03	Case forwarded to Court
2020-02-28	Notice received
2020-02-27	Call received
2020-02-24	Petition for Writ of Mandamus filed (Relator)

Party	Counsel	Role
City of Galveston	Ms. Beverly West Mr. Scott M. Tschirhart Mr. Lowell F. Denton	Relator
Bush, George P.	Mr. Ken K. Slavin Ms. Mitzi T. Shannon	Respondent