Ethio Express Shuttle Service, Inc. v. City of Houston

OPINION

WANDA McKEE FOWLER, Justice.

Appellant, Ethio Express Shuttle Service, Inc., appeals the trial court’s judgment dismissing its case for want of jurisdiction. On appeal, Ethio claims the trial court should not have granted the City’s plea to the jurisdiction, arguing alternatively that either (1) the City was not engaged in a proprietary function and therefore did not enjoy sovereign immunity, or (2) the Texas Tort Claims Act waived immunity. We affirm because the City was engaged in a governmental function when it regulated transportation to and from airports and because the causes of…