Supreme Court to Hear Case of Texas Farmer Flooded by Highway Project

Ever since the Texas Transportation Department renovated nearby Interstate 10, the farmer’s land becomes a lake after heavy rainfall.

“The Guardian” or “Authority of Law" statue by James Earle Frasier in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Sept. 28, 2020. Al Drago/Getty Images

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of a Texas farmer who is suing his state’s transportation department for damaging his family’s farm.

The petition in Devillier v. Texas (court file 22-913) was granted on Sept. 29 in an unsigned order. No justices dissented. The court did not explain its decision. At least four of the nine justices have to vote to hear a case in order for it to move forward.