Date: 10-17-2024

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Angeles Ackley, et al. v. San Jacinto River Authority

Case Number: 21-01-841-CV

Judge: Not Available

Court: 284th District Court, Montgomery County, Texas

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Defendant's Attorney: Not Aavilable

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The SJRA filed an answer with a general denial and claim that the Ackley Parties' suit was barred by governmental immunity and the statute of limitations. The SJRA filed a Plea to the Jurisdiction, asserting governmental immunity and lack of evidence of causation and a lack of evidence that the taking was intentional. After the SJRA moved to transfer cases to the counties where the affected properties were located, the Harris County trial court severed and transferred the claims involving Montgomery County properties to Montgomery County;[3] Angeles Ackley, et al ("Ackley Parties") are the named Plaintiffs in the Montgomery County case. The SJRA then filed an Amended Plea to the Jurisdiction in Montgomery County, urging its previous governmental immunity claim based on its lack of causation and lack of intent arguments. Some Ackley Parties nonsuited their claims, and in March 2022, the Montgomery County trial court granted SJRA's Plea to the Jurisdiction as to the fifty-nine Ackley Parties whose properties were upstream from the dam, including Angeles Ackley, but denied it as to the remaining 119 Ackley Parties.

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San Jacinto River Auth. v. Ackley, 09-22-00109-CV (Tex. App. Oct 17, 2024)

Outcome: Affirmed in part and reversed in part.

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