Freedman v. University of Houston

OPINION

TERRY JENNINGS, Justice.

In these interlocutory appeals, appellants, Glenn B. Freedman and Glenn A. Goerke, challenge the decisions of the trial courts in their respective cases to grant pleas to the jurisdiction filed by appellee, the University of Houston (“UH”). Because these appeals raise common issues, we consider them together. 1

In five issues, appellants argue that the trial courts erred in granting UH’s pleas to the jurisdiction in light of (1) section 111.33 of the Texas Education Code, 2 (2) the “open courts” provision of the Texas Constitution, 3 (3) the equitable nature of…