State v. Mid-South Pavers, Inc.

OPINION

JAN P. PATTERSON, Justice.

This appeal arises from a dispute over a highway construction contract between Appellant/Cross-Appellee the Texas Department of Transportation and Appel-lee/Cross-Appellant Mid-South Pavers, Inc. See Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 201.112 (West Supp.2007). After Mid-South filed an administrative complaint, which TxDOT denied, a hearing was held before an administrative law judge at the State Office of Administrative Hearings. The ALJ submitted a proposal for decision to the executive director of TxDOT for adoption. In the agency’s final order, the executive director…