Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission v. IT-Davy

From its perspective, IT-Davy, in good faith, bargained for and fully performed its *863obligations to the State under a binding contract. And in exchange, it expects to be paid the agreed upon compensation — an amount it claims to be $6,728,655. The State, on the other hand, asserts that it owes no more than $700,000. Once again for citizens who have contractual disputes with the State, the Court, itself, closes the courthouse doors and then throws up its hands, claiming helplessness.

I remind the Court that the doctrine of sovereign immunity is not a creation of the Legislature, but a creation…