Legal Opinion
The City of El Paso v. Lilli M. Heinrich
Texas Supreme Court
Decided May 1, 2009No. 06-0778PublishedCited by 1,058 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Jefferson
“Sovereign immunity protects the State from lawsuits for money damages.” Tex. Nat. Res. Conservation Comm’n v. IT-Davy, 74 S.W.3d 849, 853 (Tex.2002). But “an action to determine or protect a private party’s rights against a state official who has acted without legal or statutory authority is not a suit against the State that sovereign immunity bars.” Fed. Sign v. Tex. S. Univ., 951 S.W.2d 401, 405 (Tex.1997). Today we examine the intersection of these two rules. We conclude that while governmental immunity generally bars suits for retrospective monetary relief, it does not preclude…
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