Firemen's Insurance Co. of Newark v. Board of Regents of the University of Texas System

JONES, Justice.

Appellants CIT Construction Inc. of Texas and Firemen’s Insurance Company of Newark, New Jersey (“Plaintiffs”) sued appellee Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (“UT”) for breach of contract, quantum meruit, and taking of property without compensation in violation of article I, section 17 of the Texas Constitution. UT made a plea to the jurisdiction asserting that its sovereign immunity from suit deprived the trial court of jurisdiction. The trial court agreed and dismissed Plaintiffs’ claims for want of jurisdiction. On appeal, Plaintiffs challenge this…