Supreme Court of Texas
City of Pasadena v. Kinsel Indus., Inc., 06-0353
In a disputes arising from respondent's contract with petitioner-city to build a wastewater treatment plant, denial of the city's plea to jurisdiction is reversed and remanded pursuant to recent legislative enactments waiving, with certain limitations, immunity from suit for contract claims against local governmental entities.
Appellate Information
- Decided 06/01/2007
- Published 06/01/2007
Judges
- PER CURIAM.
Court
- Supreme Court of Texas
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- William S. Helfand, Kevin D. Jewell, Barbara E. Roberts, Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin, Houston TX, for City of Pasadena, Texas., David Waddell, Seyfarth Shaw, Christina Marie Putman, David L. Countiss, Seyfarth Shaw, L.L.P., Houston, for Kinsel Industries, Inc., George E. Cire, Houston, for Environmental Infrastructure Group, L.P., William K. Luyties, Lorance & Thompson, Houston, for Sparks-Barlow-Barnett, Inc., Patrick W. Mizell, Vinson & Elkins, Angela Kay Lutz, Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., Houston TX, for Greystar-EIG, L.P.