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CITY OF HOUSTON v. WILLIAMS

No. 14-08-00059-CV.

290 S.W.3d 260 (2009)

The CITY OF HOUSTON, Appellant, v. Steve WILLIAMS, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

Rehearing Overruled July 30, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reagan Douglas Pratt, Timothy J. Higley, Houston, for appellant.

E. Troy Blakeney, Richard Charles Mumey, Vincent L. Marable, III, Houston, for appellees.

Panel consists of Justices YATES, SEYMORE and BOYCE.

OPINION

CHARLES W. SEYMORE, Justice.

This interlocutory appeal from denial of the City of Houston's plea to the jurisdiction requires us to construe sections of the Texas Local Government Code providing for waiver of governmental immunity relative to breach-of-contract suits against local government entities. The appeal involves a suit brought by appellees, a group of former Houston firefighters ("the firefighters"), against appellant, the City of Houston...

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