Supreme Court of Texas

If a government entity agrees to settle a lawsuit from which it is not immune (here a university faculty member's Whistleblower Act claim), it cannot claim immunity from suit for breach of the ensuing settlement agreement.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/14/2001
• Decided 06/20/2002
• Published 06/20/2002

Judges

• Justice HECHT delivered a plurality opinion, in which Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice OWEN, and Justice JEFFERSON joined.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John Cornyn, Attorney General of the State of Texas, Jeffrey S. Boyd, Office of the Attorney General, Julie Caruthers Parsley, Office of the Solicitor General of Texas, Austin, Meredith Bishop Parenti, Weil Gotshal & Manges, Cherry K. (Wolf) Bounds, College Station, for Petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bradley Lee Houston, Austin, for Respondent.