CATALINA DEVELOPMENT v. COUNTY OF EL PASO

No. 02-0299.

121 S.W.3d 704 (2003)

CATALINA DEVELOPMENT, INC. and Gregory Collins, Petitioners, v. COUNTY OF EL PASO, Texas, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided May 8, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Skipworth, Law Office of Robert A. Skipworth, Francis S. Ainsa, Jr., El Paso, for petitioners.

Steven L. Hughes, Carl H. Green, James A. Martinez, Mounce Green Myers Safi & Galatzan, El Paso, for respondent.


Justice O'NEILL delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice HECHT, Justice OWEN, Justice JEFFERSON, Justice SCHNEIDER, Justice SMITH, and Justice WAINWRIGHT joined.

Once again, we are called upon to consider a waiver-by-conduct exception to the sovereign-immunity rule. In this case, a county solicited bids for purchasing a parcel of land, accepted the highest bid, deposited the tendered earnest money, and sent the purported buyer a...

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