the Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves v. E. L. O'Rourke
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EVELYN V. KEYES, Justice.
In this interlocutory appeal, E.L. “Ted” O’Rourke sued the Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves (“the Wharves”) for invasion of privacy and civil conspiracy, and O’Rourke also asserted claims for declaratory and injunctive relief and sought compensatory and punitive damages. The Wharves filed a plea to the jurisdiction, asserting that O’Rourke’s claims against it were barred by sovereign immunity. The trial court denied the Wharves’ plea to the jurisdiction. In four issues, the Wharves contend that the trial court erred in denying its plea because (1)…
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