Michael Hamilton v. Mark Washington, in his Capacity as City of Austin Civil Service Director, et al., 03-11-00594-CV (Tex. App. Austin, December 23, 2014) This is an appeal from the granting of a plea to the jurisdiction in a civil service indefinite
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Dallas Area Rapid Transit and Nancy K. Johnson v. Amalgamated Transit Union Local No. 1338, 05-14-00208-CV (Tex. App. – Dallas, November 25, 2014). This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction in a breach of contract
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Wheelabrator Air Pollution Control, Inc. v. City of Public Service Board of San Antonio, 04-14-00451-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, November 26, 2014) This is part of a continuing battle between CPS Energy of San Antonio and Whellabrator Air Pollution Control, Inc.
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BILLY EDWARD DAMUTH, II v. TRINITY VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, et al., 13-0815(Tex. November 21, 2014)(Per Curiam.) This is a contractual immunity case involving an employment contract with the head women’s basketball coach of the school in which the Texas Supreme Court holds
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CITY OF ALAMO, TEXAS AND ALAMO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION v. HERIBERTO OSUNA, 13-13-00317-CV, (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi, November 20, 2014) This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction in a breach of contract case for
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ROLANDO BENAVIDEZ v. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS – PAN AMERICAN, 13-13-00006-CV (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi, October 30, 2014). This is an appeal from the trial court granting a plea to the jurisdiction for UPTA in a Texas Tort Claims Act case
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Different opinions have come out of the various courts of appeal dealing with whether the proprietary/governmental dichotomy exists in contracts after the legislature enacted the waiver provision under Chapter 271 of the Texas Local Government Code. For those of you who are
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Killingsworth, Jerry v. The Housing Authority of the City of Dallas, 05-12-00524-CV (Tex. App. – Dallas, October 14, 2014). This is a breach of contract, §1981 (race) and §1983 (due process) case in an employment dispute in which case the Dallas Court
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Richard Zambrana v. City of Amarillo, 07-13-00058-CV (Tex. App. – Amarillo, October 8, 2014) This is a civil service case regarding a firefighter where the Amarillo Court of Appeals reversed the granting of a plea to the jurisdiction and sent the case
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Rebecca Schoffstall v. City of Corpus Christi, 13-13-00531-CV (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi, August 25, 2014). This is a contractual immunity case involving a community development program. The 13th Court of Appeals affirmed the granting of the City’s plea to the jurisdiction.
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