Legal Opinion
Southern Disposal, Inc. v. City of Blossom
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided June 9, 2005No. 06-04-00123-CVPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Chief Justice MORRISS.
City of Blossom Administrator, Tony Chance, thought the deadline to give notice of nonrenewal of the City’s contract with Southern Disposal, Inc. (SDI) for solid waste disposal was January 18, 2001. If Chance was wrong, and the notice mailed to SDI that day was late, the City risked being subject to an unwanted contract for an additional five-year period. This case arose from that decision, and largely turns on it.
The City sought summary judgment asserting that governmental immunity barred an SDI recovery, that for a number of reasons it was not bound to…
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