Phi, Inc. v Texas Juvenile Justice Dept., 18-0099 (April 26, 2019) This is an interlocutory appeal in a Texas Tort Claims Act (TTCA) case where the Texas Supreme Court held jurisdiction exists to determine whether the failure to engage an emergency brake
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Tarrant Regional Water District v Johnson, et al., 17-0095 (Tex. April 12, 2019) This is a Texas Tort Claims Act (TTCA) case where the Texas Supreme Court held no waiver of immunity exists for the wrongful death action against the Tarrant Regional
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Texas Department of Criminal Justice v Levin, 17-0552 (Tex. April 12, 2019) This is a Public Information Act (PIA) case in which the Texas Supreme Court held the PIA must yield to protecting information that, if released, would create a substantial threat
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Harker Heights Condominiums, LLC v. City of Harker Heights, Texas, 13-17-00234-CV (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi, March 28, 2019). In this case the 13th Court of Appeals affirmed the granting of the City of Harker Heights’ plea to the jurisdiction dismissing a
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Haltom City Economic Development Corporation v. Kent Flynn, 02-18-00145-CV, (Tex. App. – Fort Worth, March 21, 2019). This is a breach of contract case where the Fort Worth Court of appeals upheld the denial of an EDC’s plea to the jurisdiction. Haltom
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Rosenberg Development Corp. v. Imperial Performing Arts, Inc., No. 17-0660 (Tex. – March 9, 2019). The Texas Supreme Court holds Type -B EDCs are not entitled to governmental immunity in breach of contract cases. Rosenberg Development Corporation (RDC) is a Type
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Hillman v Nueces County, et al., 17-0588 (Tex. March 15, 2019) This is an employment related suit where the Texas Supreme Court held the County was immune from a suit brought by a former assistant district attorney Hillman, a former assistant
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Hays Street Bridge Restoration Group v City of San Antonio, 17-0423 (Tex. March 15, 2019) This is a breach of contract case where the Texas Supreme Court held the waiver of immunity found in TEX. LOC. GOV’T CODE §§ 271.151–.160 (as it
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City of Denton v Brian Rushing, et al, 17-0336 (Tex. March 15, 2019) This is an interlocutory appeal from an order denying a plea to the jurisdiction in a breach of contract case. The Texas Supreme Court reversed the denial and dismissed
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Eddington v Dallas Police and Fire Penson Systems, et al., 17-0058, (Tex. March 8, 2019) This is a statutory construction case where the Texas Supreme Court held the City of Dallas’s amendment to its pension plan did not violate the Texas Constitution.
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