City of Houston on Texas Appeals Journalhttps://texasappeals.org/topics/city-of-houston/Clinical descriptions of the Texas appellate decisions drawing the most press coverage.Hugo -- gohugo.ioen-usMon, 26 Jan 2026 07:00:00 -0600Supreme Court of Texas Holds Pappas Is Entitled to Jurisdictional Discovery Before Dismissal of Chapter 252 Claims Against City of Houstonhttps://texasappeals.org/2026/01/4-families-of-hobby-v-city-of-houston/Mon, 26 Jan 2026 07:00:00 -0600https://texasappeals.org/2026/01/4-families-of-hobby-v-city-of-houston/The court held that two provisions of the City of Houston’s Hobby Airport concessions agreement can reasonably be read to require city expenditures of more than $50,000, so the losing bidder is entitled to jurisdictional discovery before its Chapter 252 claims are dismissed. The opinion does not decide whether the City violated the statute or whether the agreement is void.Third Court of Appeals Dismisses Cities’ Challenge to Texas Regulatory Consistency Act for Lack of Standinghttps://texasappeals.org/2025/08/state-v-city-of-houston-hb-2127/Mon, 04 Aug 2025 07:00:00 -0500https://texasappeals.org/2025/08/state-v-city-of-houston-hb-2127/The court held that Houston, San Antonio and El Paso did not plead an injury-in-fact or an injury traceable to the State of Texas, reversed a trial-court judgment declaring House Bill 2127 unconstitutional, and dismissed the suit without prejudice. The court did not decide whether the Act is constitutional.