Legal Opinion
City of Corpus Christi v. Absolute Industries
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided November 8, 2001No. 13-01-311-CVPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROGELIO VALDEZ, Chief Justice.
This is an interlocutory appeal from a trial court’s denial of a plea to the jurisdiction based on sovereign immunity. See Tex. Civ. Pra.c. & Rem. Code Ann. § 51.014(8) (Vernon Supp. 2001). We affirm.
Appellant, the City of Corpus Christi (“City”), appeals the denial of its plea to the jurisdiction. The City asserts in three issues that: (1) the business of running a landfill is a governmental function not proprietary; (2) the City cannot be held liable for the commission of an intentional tort; and (8) the trial court erred in denying the City’s plea to…
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