Potter County District Court | Photo by Noah Dawson

The City of Amarillo announced in a press release today that it “has filed a Notice of Appeal” in the Civic Center funding lawsuit won by Alex Fairly last month. This action comes as legal teams for the city and Fairly prepare for a hearing regarding a motion made by the city for Judge William Sowder to clarify and “correct” his judgement against the city. That hearing is scheduled for November 21st at 9:00 am and will take place virtually.

While the city is preparing to fight the ruling through the hearing and a possible appeal, Mayor Ginger Nelson admitted in the release that the project would not go forward as planned, even if the city reverses the ruling.

Nelson stated in the release that, in its current form, “the project isn’t feasible.” She stressed that the reason for the notice of appeal is to obtain “clarification on existing state law.”

If the city goes forward with the appeal, it would be taken up by the Seventh Court of Appeals. That court includes newly seated justice Alex Yarbrough, as well as Chief Justice Brian Quinn and Justices Judy Parker and Lawrence Doss. If appealed from the Seventh Court of Appeals, the case would be put before the Texas Supreme Court.