Legal Opinion
Travis County v. Pelzel & Associates, Inc.
Texas Supreme Court
Decided June 27, 2002No. 01-0036PublishedCited by 249 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hankinson
in which Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice HECHT, Justice OWEN, Justice BAKER, Justice O’NEILL, Justice JEFFERSON, and Justice RODRIGUEZ joined.
Pelzel <& Associates, Inc., sued Travis County, alleging that the county improperly withheld full payment under a construction contract. Arguing that sovereign immunity bars Pelzel’s claim, Travis County filed a plea to the jurisdiction, which the trial court denied. The court of appeals affirmed, concluding that Travis County waived immunity by its conduct. It further concluded that because Pelzel complied with Texas Local Government Code § 89.004 by…
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