City of Midlothian v. Black

OPINION

BILL VANCE, Justice.

In this interlocutory appeal of the trial court’s denial of the City of Midlothian’s (Midlothian) plea to the jurisdiction, we decide if Texas Water Code section 11.086(a) expressly waives governmental immunity for Appellee Letha Black’s water code violation claim and then consider her alternative inverse condemnation claim. We hold that Midlothian is immune and that Black’s inverse condemnation claim was improperly pled. We will reverse the trial court’s ruling and remand the cause for dismissal against Midlothian for want of subject-matter jurisdiction.

Background

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