Legal Opinion
City of Houston v. Clear Channel Outdoor, Inc.
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided March 18, 2004No. 14-03-00022-CVPublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WANDA McKEE FOWLER, Justice.
Appellant, the City of Houston, brings this interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s denial of a plea to the jurisdiction. Houston pleaded sovereign immunity under Texas Local Government Code section 51.075. We conclude the trial courj did not err in denying the plea and affirm the judgment of the trial court.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Houston contracted with Clear Channel Outdoor, Inc. to purchase a billboard for a reconstruction project. Months later, Houston contacted Clear Channel and informed it that because the billboard was impermissible,…
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