FM Properties Operating Co. v. City of Austin

Decided August 24, 2000. James A. Baker wrote the opinion for the court.

22 S.W.3d 868 · Cited 1,543 times

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• Miller v. County of El Paso · 136 Tex. 370
• Maple Run at Austin Municipal Utility District v. Monaghan · 931 S.W.2d 941
• Proctor v. Andrews · 972 S.W.2d 729
• County of Fairfax v. Fleet Industrial Park Ltd. Partnership · 410 S.E.2d 669
• Barshop v. Medina County Underground Water Conservation District · 925 S.W.2d 618
• Thomas Cusack Co. v. City of Chicago · 242 U.S. 526
• Bayside Timber Co. v. Board of Supervisors · 20 Cal. App. 3d 1
• County of Cameron v. Wilson · 326 S.W.2d 162
• Texas Workers' Compensation Commission v. Garcia · 893 S.W.2d 504
• Helvering v. Lerner Stores Corp. · 314 U.S. 463
• Quick v. City of Austin · 7 S.W.3d 109
• Texas National Guard Armory Board. v. McCraw · 126 S.W.2d 627
• Friedman v. American Surety Co. of New York · 137 Tex. 149
• Commissioners Court of Titus County v. Agan · 940 S.W.2d 77
• Smith v. Davis · 426 S.W.2d 827
• State v. Public Utility Com'n of Texas · 883 S.W.2d 190
• Railroad Com'n of Texas v. Lone Star Gas Co. · 844 S.W.2d 679
• Anderson v. Wood · 137 Tex. 201
• Davis v. City of Lubbock · 326 S.W.2d 699
• Rodriguez v. Gonzales · 227 S.W.2d 791
• Corsicana Cotton Mills, Inc. v. Sheppard · 71 S.W.2d 247
• Dudding v. Automatic Gas Co. · 193 S.W.2d 517
• Whaley v. State · 168 Ala. 152
• Revne v. Trade Commission · 192 P.2d 563

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