Alamo Community College District v. Obayashi Corp.

OPINION

DUNCAN, Justice.

This interlocutory appeal presents two issues. First, has the Texas Legislature waived sovereign immunity for, and granted its consent to sue, Alamo Community College District? We hold the legislature waived sovereign immunity for ACCD and consented to suits against it by subjecting ACCD and all other community college districts to the same general law governing independent school districts, which are not immune from suit. On this basis alone, we might affirm the trial court’s order overruling ACCD’s plea to the jurisdiction. We decline to do so, however, because the…