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AUSTIN v. HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER

No. 05-89-01354-CV.

844 S.W.2d 773 (1992)

CITY OF AUSTIN, Appellant v. HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER COMPANY and Houston Industries, Inc., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied November 18, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fulbright & Jaworski, Roger Townsend, Ronald J. Palmer, Ben Taylor, Jeff Dykes, Jeffrey S. Wolff, Houston, Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, James E. Coleman, Marvin S. Sloman, Dallas, Liddell, Sapp, Zivley, Hill & Laboon, John L. Hill, Jr., Roy Atwood, Houston, City of Austin, Iris J. Jones, Acting City Atty., John T. Gooding II, Mark G. Yudof, Austin, for appellant.

Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody, Robert J. Hearon, Jr., Thomas B. Hudson, Jr., Matthew G. Dore, Michael Diehl, Selden W. Bobbitt, Austin, Baker & Botts, Finis E. Cowan, J. Gregory Copeland, Houston, Baker & Botts, Joe R. Greenhill, Minton, Burton, Foster & Collins, Roy Q. Minton, Martha S. Dickie, Austin, for appellees.

Before THOMAS, KINKEADE and OVARD, JJ.

OPINION

KINKEADE, Justice.

City of Austin (Austin) appeals a takenothing judgment rendered in favor of Houston Lighting & Power Company and its parent company, Houston Industries, Inc. (collectively HL & P), in this action for breach of a contract to build a nuclear power plant, fraud, and violation of the Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA). In six points of error, Austin argues that the trial court erred by (1) sustaining HL & P's special...

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