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UNION WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION v. O. F. DENT

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Apr 11, 1973
474 F.2d 1396 (5th Cir. 1973)

Opinion

No. 72-2833.

March 7, 1973. Rehearing Denied April 11, 1973.

Ed Idar, Jr., Mexican-Am. Legal Def. Educational Fund, San Antonio, Tex., John A. Pope, Jr., Rio Grande City, Tex., Anthony Ching, Loyola School of Law, Los Angeles, Cal., Howbert A. Steele, Tex. Rural Legal Aid, Inc., Pharr, Tex., George J. Korbel, San Antonio, Tex., B. R. Stewart, Edinburg, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Crawford C. Martin, Atty. Gen., Houghton Brownlee, Jr., Roger Tyler, Asst. Attys. Gen., Timothy L. Brown, Chief Examiner, Tex. Water Rights Commn., Milford Lee Hall, Asst. Chief Examiner, Austin, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Neal King, Mission, Tex., for Cameron County Water Control Improvement Dist., No. 19, etc., amicus curiae.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas; Reynaldo G. Garza, Judge.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and WISDOM and AINSWORTH, Circuit Judges.


Appellants Union Water Supply Corporation and others suing individually and on behalf of the class they represent appeal from an order entered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas dismissing their claims and lifting a temporary restraining order formerly imposed by the Court. The lower court found the issues sought to be adjudicated by appellant Union Water Supply res judicata and that the individual Appellants lacked standing to question the constitutionality of the Wagstaff Act.

After carefully reviewing the record we perceive no error and therefore affirm based upon the lower court's opinion. Union Water Supply Corporation v. Vaughan, 355 F. Supp. 211 [S.D.Tex.].

Affirmed.


Summaries of

UNION WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION v. O. F. DENT

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Apr 11, 1973
474 F.2d 1396 (5th Cir. 1973)
Case details for

UNION WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION v. O. F. DENT

Case Details

Full title:UNION WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION OF GARCIASVILLE, A TEXAS NON-PROFIT…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Date published: Apr 11, 1973

Citations

474 F.2d 1396 (5th Cir. 1973)