Supreme Court of Texas

Sovereign immunity doctrine bars breach of contract suit by general contractor against TNRCC, a state agency, and neither the TNRCC's conduct, express contract terms, the Declaratory Judgment Act, nor the state Water Code constitute a waiver of such immunity under the facts.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/11/2002
• Published 04/11/2002

Judges

• JAMES A. BAKER, Justice.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John Cornyn, Attorney General of the State of Texas, Howard G. Baldwin, First Assistant Attorney General, Julie Caruthers Parsley, Patrick J. Feeney, Linda Eads, William Rich Thompson, and Jeffrey S. Boyd, Austin, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bob E. Shannon, Kevin M. Sadler, Baker & Botts, Scott K. Field, York, Keller & Field, L.L.P., Austin, for Respondent.