Legal Opinion
Courtney v. University of Texas System
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided May 21, 1991No. 2-89-250-CVPublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JOE SPURLOCK, II, Justice.
This appeal is from the granting of ap-pellees’ Motion for Summary Judgment in *279a breach of contract suit denying recovery to appellant, Max Courtney. He alleged a breach of contract for termination of his position as a lecturer at the University of Texas at Arlington. The trial court held that appellees were entitled as a matter of law to sovereign immunity from suit and had not waived immunity. Courtney appealed. We find the court committed error. The judgment is reversed.
Courtney grouped his first three points of error together as one. We will consider them…
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