VitaPro Foods, Inc. v. State ex rel. Department of Criminal Justice

OPINION

GRANT, Justice.

VitaPro Foods, Inc. (VitaPro) appeals a summary judgment declaring its contracts with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) invalid. VitaPro brings two points of error, contending that the trial court erred by granting TDCJ’s motion for summary judgment and denying VitaPro’s motion for summary judgment.

This case concerns the authority of the TDCJ to enter into two contracts with Vita-Pro. VitaPro is a Canadian company that manufactures a soy-based meat substitute called VitaPro, which is a textured vegetable protein (TVP).

In January 1994, Yank Barry, VitaPro’s…