It's a great day for the little people of the world. The judicial system did work in the end. Dee Kelly, Jr., who represented Dale White in his claim to Westlake's mayoral title, said he was not surprised by the ruling. Mr. White could not be reached for comment Thursday. An appeal to Thursday's ruling is unlikely, said Ann Diamond, assistant district attorney of the civil division of the Tarrant County district attorney's office.
State law requires the district attorney to play a procedural role in such cases.
Three days later, the board appointed Mr. White, a former mayor, to the post and disannexed the Circle T Ranch and most of Westlake's other land from the city. None of the former aldermen could be reached for comment Thursday. The ruling comes after a recent, related victory for Mr. Bradley and Westlake, in which Fort Worth relinquished claims to the Solana office complex. The move paved the way for Fidelity Investments to announce the planned consolidation of its regional headquarters on land it bought from the Circle T Ranch. Mr. Bradley's case before the state court was one of two heard at the Baylor University School of Law in Waco.