City of Kyle, Texas v. 1200 S. Old Stagecoach Road, LLC

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: July 14, 2023
• Docket: 03-21-00506-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-21-00506-CV

City of Kyle, Texas, Appellant

v.

1200 S. Old Stagecoach Road, LLC, Appellee

FROM THE 22ND DISTRICT COURT OF HAYS COUNTY NO. 19-1492, THE HONORABLE SHERRI TIBBE, JUDGE PRESIDING

MEMORANDUM OPINION

The City of Kyle, Texas has filed a motion to dismiss its appeal and this cause as

moot. We will grant the motion in part and dismiss this appeal. We deny the request that we

dismiss this cause entirely.

Appellee 1200 S. Old Stagecoach Road, LLC, filed this suit seeking declaratory,

injunctive, and mandamus relief concerning aspects of Kyle’s annexation of certain real property

and subsequent acts and omissions regarding that real property; Appellee also requested

attorney’s fees incurred and costs of court. Appellant specifically requested relief from Kyle’s

Ordinance No. 1010. See Kyle, Tex., Ordinance No. 1010 (Sept. 4, 2018). Kyle filed a plea to

the jurisdiction, then filed this interlocutory appeal of the denial of that plea.

Kyle seeks dismissal of this cause as moot because on June 6, 2023, it passed

Ordinance No. 1268 which expressly repealed Ordinance No. 1010 and disannexed the real

property described in Ordinance No. 1010. See Kyle, Tex., Ordinance No. 1268 (June 6, 2023). Kyle contends that the repeal of the ordinance renders the case moot and that we must reverse

any order or judgment and dismiss the entire cause. See Heckman v. Williamson County,

369 S.W.3d 137, 162 (Tex. 2012). Kyle certified that it had tried but was unable to confer with

Appellee’s counsel regarding the motion. More than ten days have passed since Kyle filed its

motion to dismiss, and Appellee has not filed a response to the motion.

We are persuaded that the repeal of Ordinance No. 1010 and the disannexation of

the real property it affected have rendered Appellee’s substantive request for relief moot. We

grant the motion to dismiss this appeal and vacate the order denying the plea to the jurisdiction.

However, the mooting of the dispute over the substantive requests for relief may or may not

have resolved Appellee’s requests for attorney’s fees.

We grant the motion to dismiss in part, vacate the order denying the plea to the

jurisdiction, and dismiss this appeal. We deny the motion to dismiss the entire cause. The

dismissal of this interlocutory appeal returns power to the trial court to consider any remaining

issues and claims.

__________________________________________ Darlene Byrne, Chief Justice

Before Chief Justice Byrne, Justices Smith and Theofanis

Dismissed

Filed: July 14, 2023