Texas Supreme Court ends split in circuits and holds proprietary-governmental dichotomy exists in breach of contract cases

WASSON INTERESTS, LTD. v. CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, 14-0645 (Tex. April 1, 2016) This is a proprietary-governmental dichotomy in contracts case where the Texas Supreme Court ruled the dichotomy does exist within the context of breach of contract disputes. In the 1990s, the
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In this condemnation case the Texas Supreme Court held it was harmful error to exclude the property owner’s evidence on project diminishment

CAFFE RIBS, INCORPORATED v. STATE OF TEXAS 14-0193 (Tex. April 1, 2016) This is a condemnation case where the Texas Supreme Court held the property owners were entitled to admit evidence regarding the State’s interference with mitigating property to improve value. Caffe
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