FEDERAL SIGN v. TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY

No. 94-1317.

951 S.W.2d 401 (1997)

FEDERAL SIGN, Petitioner, v. TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided June 20, 1997.

Rehearing Overruled October 2, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Plessala, Houston, for Petitioner.

Patrick J. Feeney, Carey E. Smith, Austin, for Respondent.


BAKER, Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, GONZALEZ, HECHT, CORNYN and OWEN, Justices, join.

The issue in this case is whether the sovereign immunity doctrine precludes Federal Sign, a private party, from suing Texas Southern University, a state institution, for breach of contract without legislative permission. The trial court denied TSU's plea to the jurisdiction, which was based on sovereign immunity from suit. Following...

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