Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. City of El Paso

ROBERT M. PARKER, Circuit Judge:

Appellant El Paso County Water Improvement District No. 1 appeals the district court’s denial of its motion to dismiss on Eleventh Amendment grounds. Because we conclude that the district court applied the proper legal standard in reviewing Appellant’s motion, we AFFIRM.

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Appellant is a water improvement district created pursuant to Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution. Appellant owns a series of irrigation ditches deeded from the United States Bureau of Reclamation to Appellant in January 1996. Development in the area of the ditches has resulted…