Legal Opinion
K.D.F. v. Rex
Texas Supreme Court
Decided June 22, 1994No. D-4340PublishedCited by 98 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCornyn, Justice
PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, GONZALEZ, HIGHTOWER, HECHT, GAMMAGE, ENOCH and SPECTOR, Justices, join.
In this mandamus action, the Kansas Public Employees’ Retirement System (“KPERS”), a Kansas governmental entity, and two affiliated entities, .K.D.F. and Pac-holder Associates, contend that the trial court abused its discretion by overruling their TexJR.Civ.P. 120a special appearances. All three assert that under principles of interstate comity, Texas is obliged to recognize the sovereign immunity of the State of Kansas and therefore to decline to exercise jurisdiction over them. See generally…
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