Texas Supreme Court, 1978

City of Mesquite v. Aladdin's Castle, Inc.

Texas Supreme Court · Decided July 5, 1978

570 S.W.2d 377; 21 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 464; 1978 Tex. LEXIS 385 (South Western Reporter, Second Series)

Cases that cite this one

11 later published cases cite this decision. The 10 that cite it most often are listed here.

Caples Land Company, L.L.C. v. the City of El Paso, Texas and Its Building and Standards Commission (Tex. App. 2018)
City of Shavano Park v. Ard Mor, Inc., Texas Ardmor Properties, L.P., and Texas Ardmor Management, LLC (Tex. App. 2015)
in Re: Texas State Silica Products Liability Litigation (Tex. App. 2015)
William L. Lindig and Peggy L. Lindig v. City of Johnson City (Tex. App. 2012)
City of Mesquite v. Aladdin's Castle, Inc. (Supreme Court of the United States 1982)
Dos Republicas Coal Partnership v. David Saucedo, as Floodplain Administrator and County Judge of the Maverick County Commissioners Court, and the Maverick County Commissioners Court (Tex. App. 2015)
Noell v. City of Carrollton (Tex. App. 2014)
William L. Lindig and Peggy L. Lindig v. City of Johnson City (Tex. App. 2012)
Aladdin's Castle, Inc., Cross-Appellee v. The City of Mesquite, Cross-Appellant (5th Cir. 1980)
Aladdin's Castle, Inc. v. City of Mesquite (5th Cir. 1980)

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Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

The City of Mesquite appeals from a judgment granting a mandatory injunction directing the City to issue a license to operate a coin-operated amusement center to Aladdin’s Castle, Inc. The trial court granted the injunction upon a finding that certain provisions of the ordinance in question were unconstitutionally vague, and upon the further determination that the *378decision of the Mesquite City Council to deny the license was not supported by substantial evidence. Upon appeal by the City, the judgment was affirmed. 559 S.W.2d 92.

We are satisfied that the judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals is correct and that the Application for Writ of Error presents no error requiring reversal. Rule 483, Tex. R.Civ.P. The denial of the license was not reasonably supported by substantial evidence. We do not reach the question of the constitutionality of the ordinance, cf. Wood v. Wood, 159 Tex. 350, 320 S.W.2d 807 (1959), and we express no view as to the correctness of the holding of the Court of Civil Appeals in this respect.

The Application for Writ of Error is refused, no reversible error.

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