STATE EX REL. DEPT. OF CRIM. JUST. v. VITAPRO FOODS, INC.

No. 98-0645.

8 S.W.3d 316 (1999)

STATE of Texas, ex rel. DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, Petitioner, v. VITAPRO FOODS, INC., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided December 9, 1999.

Rehearing Overruled January 27, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julia Lacy Armstrong, Gregory S. Coleman, John Cornyn, Jorge Vega, Ann Kraatz, David C. Mattax, Linda Eads, Meredith Bishop Parenti, Austin, for Petitioner.

P. Michael Jung, Dallas, for Respondent.


Justice ABBOTT delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice HECHT, Justice ENOCH, Justice OWEN, Justice BAKER, Justice HANKINSON and Justice O'NEILL join.

This case concerns whether the Texas Department of Criminal Justice ("TDCJ") had authority to enter into two contracts with VitaPro Foods, Inc., a private Canadian company that produces and markets a soy-based meat substitute under the trade name "VitaPro." On cross-motions for summary...

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