TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY-KINGSVILLE v. LAWSON

No. 00-1127.

87 S.W.3d 518 (2002)

TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY-KINGSVILLE, et al., Petitioners, v. Grant M. LAWSON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided June 20, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Cornyn, Attorney General of the State of Texas, Jeffrey S. Boyd, Office of the Attorney General, Julie Caruthers Parsley, Office of the Solicitor General of Texas, Austin, Meredith Bishop Parenti, Weil Gotshal & Manges, Cherry K. (Wolf) Bounds, College Station, for Petitioners.

Bradley Lee Houston, Austin, for Respondent.


Justice HECHT delivered a plurality opinion, in which Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice OWEN, and Justice JEFFERSON joined.

If a government entity agrees to settle a lawsuit from which it is not immune, can it claim immunity from suit for breach of the settlement agreement? We answer no and accordingly affirm the judgment of the court of appeals.1

After Texas A & M University—Kingsville terminated Grant M. Lawson's employment...

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