dallas/fort Worth International Airport Board v. Vizant Technologies, Llc

The plaintiff in this case claims that a governmental entity breached a contractual promise to make a good-faith effort to obtain authorization for a higher payment than the parties' written contract required the entity to make. We must decide whether governmental immunity applies and, if so, whether chapter 271 of the Texas Local Government Code waives that immunity. We conclude that governmental immunity applies and chapter 271 does not waive the entity's immunity. We reverse the court of appeals' judgment in part and render judgment dismissing all of the plaintiff's claims.

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Background

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