Legal Opinion
City of Denton v. Brian Rushing, Calvin Patterson and Kevin Marshall
Texas Supreme Court
Decided March 15, 2019No. 17-0336PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Devine
*709 In this interlocutory appeal from an order denying a city's plea to the jurisdiction and alternative motion for summary judgment, we must determine whether Local Government Code section 271.152, which waives a city's immunity from suit on certain contracts, applies to these underlying claims. The Local Government Code provides that a governmental entity that is authorized by law to contract and that enters into a contract waives its "immunity to suit for purposes of adjudicating a claim [under] the contract." TEX. LOC. GOV'T CODE § 271.152. At issue here is whether a contract exists. The…
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