Federal court rules that a man can only sue the city and vendor that actually mailed him a red light camera ticket.
US District Court, Northern District of TexasOne man cannot file a lawsuit against every Texas city that uses red light cameras. That was the ruling Wednesday by US District Judge John McBryde in throwing out the wide-ranging suit filed in April by James H. Watson against fifty-three towns. The judge will hear Watson’s arguments only against Southlake, the town that actually ticketed him, and its vendor, Redflex Traffic Solutions of Australia.
“While the parties and the court devoted significant resources to the presentation of and resolution of the motions to dismiss, in the final analysis the issue that the dismissals turned on was a relatively uncomplicated issue as to whether plaintiff had standing to sue cities and private entities who had done nothing to harm him,” Judge McBryde wrote….
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