Joe Rollins
| Joe Rollins | |
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| Born |
Joseph Guy Rollins, Jr. April 21, 1918 Merit, Hunt County, Texas, USA |
| Died | November 2, 2008 (aged 90) Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado |
| Alma mater |
Texas A&M University Southern Methodist University Law School |
| Occupation |
Lawyer: (1) Texas Attorney General (2) Houston assistant city attorney (3) private practice |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah Finch "Skippy" Rollins |
| Children |
Guy Rollins |
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(1) A prominent Texas lawyer, Rollins handled major cases for Attorney General Will Wilson, for the City of Houston, where he resided for more than four decades, and in private practice. (2) During World War II, Rollins was the commanding officer of the USS Curlew United States Navy in the Caribbean Sea charged with defense of the Panama Canal. (3) Rollins represented the Houston Police Department in numerous suits and prevailed in each legal encounter on behalf of individual police officers. (4) Rollins was instrumental in defeating a lawsuit regarding cost overruns and delays in the construction of Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston. (5) A linguist, Rollins spoke French, Spanish, and German. |
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Guy Rollins
Sally R. Sodal
(1) A prominent Texas lawyer, Rollins handled major cases for Attorney General Will Wilson, for the City of Houston, where he resided for more than four decades, and in private practice.
(2) During World War II, Rollins was the commanding officer of the USS Curlew United States Navy in the Caribbean Sea charged with defense of the Panama Canal.
(3) Rollins represented the Houston Police Department in numerous suits and prevailed in each legal encounter on behalf of individual police officers.
(4) Rollins was instrumental in defeating a lawsuit regarding cost overruns and delays in the construction of Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston.
Joseph Guy Rollins, Jr. (April 21, 1918 – November 2, 2008), known as Joe Rollins, was a prominent Texas attorney and civic leader, perhaps best known for his successful fight against a lawsuit in regard to cost overruns and construction delays in the establishment of what became Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston.
The plaintiff, R.F. Ball Construction Company of San Antonio, protested that Houston municipal officials, the defendants represented by then assistant city attorney Rollins, made four hundred design changes for the airport terminals and caused the firm and its subcontractors serious losses. The airport opened in June 1969, more than two years behind schedule. Ball Construction maintained that the city-mandated changes increased construction costs from approximately $17 million to $28 million. The trial court ruled in favor of Ball Construction, but the judge reduced the requested $8 million in damages to $5.1 million. The 14th Court of Appeals unanimously reversed that ruling, and the Texas Supreme Court concurred with the appeals court.
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