Wasson Interests, Ltd. v. City of Jacksonville, Texas

Texas is inviolably sovereign. In re BP Oil Supply Co., 317 S.W.3d 915, 919 (Tex.App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2010, no pet.) (orig.proceeding). 1 Such sovereignty is inherent in its statehood, Alden v. Maine, 527 U.S. 706, 713, 119 S.Ct. 2240, 144 L.Ed.2d 636 (1999), and generally protects the state from suits for money damages, Tex. Nat. Res. Conservation Comm’n v. IT-Davy, 74 S.W.3d 849, 853 (Tex. 2002). 2 Political subdivisions of the state — such as counties, municipalities, and school districts — share in the state’s inherent immunity. Reata Constr. Corp. v. City of Dallas, 197 S.W.3d 371,…