CITY OF TEXARKANA v. CITIES OF NEW BOSTON

No. 04-0797.

228 S.W.3d 648 (2007)

CITY OF TEXARKANA, Petitioner, v. CITIES OF NEW BOSTON, Hooks, DeKalb, Wake Village, Maud, Avery, and Annona, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

June 1, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles C. Frederiksen, Scott Paul Drake, H. Esther Cochran, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Margaret L. Braun, Andrews Kurth, LLP, Dallas, O. Rey Rodriguez, James N. Haltom, Haltom & Doan, LLP, Sean Fletcher Rommel, Patton, Roberts, McWilliams & Capshaw, LLP, Texarkana, Darby Vincent Doan, for petitioner.

David James Tuckfield, David P. Blanke, Christopher Vasil Popov, Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., Kim E. Brightwell, Reeves & Brightwell, LLP, Austin, Paul Miller, Miller, James, Miller & Hornsby, L.L.P., Texarkana, for respondent.

David H. Aken, Jr., San Patricio County, County Atty./Criminal Div., Sinton, for amicus curiae.


PER CURIAM.

The City of New Boston and six other cities1 sued the City of Texarkana, d/b/a Texarkana Water Facilities, on tort and contract claims arising out of a series of water-supply agreements. The trial court denied Texarkana's motion to dismiss based on governmental immunity, and the court of appeals reversed as to the tort claims but affirmed as to the contract claims, holding that section 51.075 of the Texas Local Government Code...

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