Judge throws out Trinity Trees lawsuit

State District Judge Bob McGrath threw out a lawsuit today that was trying to stop drilling at the so-called Trinity Trees site, just off the Trinity River in Fort Worth.

McGrath agreed with the city of Fort Worth's argument that plaintiff Melissa Kohout had no standing to sue. Click here to read S-T writer Mike Lee's story.

-- Mike Lee

(View of the rig from the Trinity Trail, next to barrier designed to muffle sound and mask visibility.)

Comments

[marlon]

McGrath agreed with the city of Fort Worth's argument that plaintiff Melissa Kohout had no standing to sue.

[BC]

So why do you think you can sue a company for violating the terms of a lease they have with someone else then?

[BH]

And if I wanted to paint my House Purple

hang a Bird of Paradise in my Tree

and Drill me a private water well in

my back yard, which by the way, I happen

to own my property and my house and my

tree and my mineral rights, all the mere

citizen's who didn't like it, would have

no standing to sue me either.

What is it about you people who just don't

understand the benefits of private land

and mineral right ownership in Texas?

It certainly has it's perks against

nay sayers.

[Stenotrophomonas]

BS-
You're absolutely right. "Mere citizens" have no standing, and must know their place.

[Beverly Sue Humphries , aka:BH]

Impersonating a person, AKA Identity theft
is against the law. Using the handle
BeverlySue to blog- knowing full well
who's name it is, and it is damn well
not yours, especially in this forum,
is fraud. You are warned.

[BeverlySue]

Hey Steno and Kat, why don't you go hang out with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. His comments and your viewpoints should line up nicely.

[Stenotrophomonas]

From the story:
"She's merely a citizen," Assistant City Attorney Ted Gorski said.

Pretty well sums it up.

[Kat]

Have the residents of Keller united as Arlington and Southlake residents have??

[BH]

Told ya so. No legal grounds to sue.
Told ya so. Thrown Out.