National Public Finance Guarantee Corp. v. Harris County-Houston Sports Authority

OPINION

REBECA HUDDLE, Justice.

National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation and MBIA Insurance Corporation (collectively, “National”) challenge the trial court’s grant, based on sovereign immunity, of two pleas to the jurisdiction filed by the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority (the “Sports Authority”) and the Harris County Sports and Convention Corporation (the “Convention Corporation”). We reverse the trial court’s grant of the Sports Authority’s plea, and affirm the trial court’s grant of the Convention Corporation’s plea.

*475Background

In 1997, Harris County and the City of Houston created…