Dewhurst v. Gulf Marine Institute of Technology

OPINION

AMIDEI, Justice.

This is an interlocutory appeal of the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction filed by David Dewhurst, Commissioner of the General Land Office of the State of Texas (hereinafter referred to as “Dewhurst”), defendant, appellant in this Court, in a suit brought by Gulf Marine Institute of Technology (hereinafter referred to as “GMIT”), appellee. See Tex. Civ. PRAC. & Rem.Code Ann. § 51.014(a)(8) (Vernon Supp.2001). In one issue, Dewhurst contends the trial court lacked subject matter jurisdiction because the sovereign cannot be sued to specifically perform a contract absent…