Ab-Tex Beverage Corp. v. Angelo State University

OPINION

DAVID PURYEAR, Justice.

This is an appeal from the granting of a plea to the jurisdiction based on sovereign immunity. Appellant Ab-Tex Beverage Corporation sued Angelo State University for breach of contract and declaratory judgment arising out of a contract whereby Ab-Tex acquired the exclusive right to provide food and drink vending services on the university’s campus. The district court dismissed the suit for want of jurisdiction. On appeal, Ab-Tex essentially concedes that sovereign immunity bars its claims against the university, 1 but asserts nonetheless that the district court’s…