City of Houston, Texas v. The Commons of Lake Houston, Ltd.
Whether federal laws establishing and implementing the NFIP, when operating as intended, conflict with and thus preempt Article I, Section 17 of the Texas Constitution, as applied to a Texas property owner's claim against local government to recover the alleged diminution in property value resulting from the local government's alleged "taking" or "damaging" the property owner's property by enforcing local flood management regulations enacted to comply with NFIP requirements?
Whether federal law establishing the National Flood Insurance Program conflicts with and preempts Article I, Section 17 of the Texas Constitution when local governments enforce flood management regulations