Showing posts with label Save Our Springs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Save Our Springs. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Judge throws out ruling against SOS

From Austin Business Journal, September 9, 2008...

The Save Our Springs Alliance scored a victory Monday when Travis County Judge Margaret Cooper voided a previous judgment against the environmental nonprofit.

SOS has argued that visiting Judge Bill Bender’s December 2004 decision ordering the group to pay the legal fees of a developer it had sued should be voided because Bender was “not qualified to hear the case.” Cooper agreed with SOS attorney Phil Durst’s argument.

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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Save Our Spring bankruptcy plan denied

From statesman, August 15, 2008...

In a decision that leaves the Save Our Springs Alliance at least temporarily vulnerable to collection efforts by creditors, a federal bankruptcy judge has dismissed an effort by the Austin environmental group to gain bankruptcy protection.

Save Our Springs Alliance, which developed a reputation for battling potentially environmentally harmful development in the Hill Country, declared bankruptcy in 2007 after it lost a pair of lawsuits against developers and was ordered to pay attorney fees totaling nearly $500,000.

Its repayment plan would have paid creditors pennies on the dollar while keeping it in business.

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Thursday, April 17, 2008

SOS Has Prominent History But Has Sputtered in Recent Years

From statesman.com April 14, 2008...

The Save Our Springs Alliance, perhaps Austin's most prominent environmental group, is in tough straits after a judge denied its repayment plan for creditors.

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