Legal Opinion
Aer-Aerotron, Inc. v. Texas Department of Transportation
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided September 10, 1999No. 03-97-00649-CVPublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEA ANN SMITH, Justice.
On its own motion the Court has submitted this cause for en banc consideration. Appellant Aer-Aerotron, Inc. sued appel-lee Texas Department of Transportation for breach of contract. Asserting that Aerotron had not obtained legislative consent to sue, the Department claimed immunity from suit and moved to dismiss for want of jurisdiction. The trial court dismissed the cause solely on jurisdictional grounds. 1 We will reverse the order of dismissal and remand the cause to the trial court.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
We determine the trial court’s jurisdiction from the good-faith…
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