City of Hous. v. Hous. Mun. Emps. Pension Sys.

In this case, the City of Houston maintains that it has governmental immunity from a suit by the Houston Municipal Employees Pension System. The trial court denied the City's plea to the jurisdiction, and the court of appeals affirmed in part and reversed in part. We agree with the trial court that the City's plea should be denied in full. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the court of appeals in part and reverse it in part.

I. Background

The appeal before us involves a relationship that is not working out well. The controversy concerns the City of Houston's creation of local government…