Southwest Airlines Co. v. Texas High-Speed Rail Authority

POWERS, Justice.

Southwest Airlines Company appeals from a trial-court judgment that dismissed for want of jurisdiction Southwest’s suit for declaratory and injunctive relief against the Texas High-Speed Rail Authority, in which Texas TGV Consortium intervened. We will affirm the trial-court judgment.

THE CONTROVERSY

In 1989, the legislature enacted the Texas High-Speed Rail Act. Act of May 23, 1989, 71st Leg., R.S., ch. 1104, sec. 1, 1989 Tex. Gen.Laws 4564 (Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 6674v.2 (West Supp.1993)). The Act created the Authority and placed its administration in the hands of a board…