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CITY OF EL PASO v. HEINRICH

No. 06-0778.

284 S.W.3d 366 (2009)

The CITY OF EL PASO, et al., Petitioners, v. Lilli M. HEINRICH, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided May 1, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer F. Callan, Laura P. Gordon, Asst. City Attys., Michele Little Locke, John Lomax Anderson, El Paso, Eric G. Calhoun, Richard J. Pradarits Jr., Travis & Calhoun, P.C., Dallas, Robert D. Klausner, Stuart A. Kaufman, Klausner & Kaufman, P.A., Plantation, FL, for Petitioners.

Stewart W. Forbes, Forbes & Forbes, El Paso, for Respondent.

Philip Durst, Deats Durst Owen & Levy, P.L.L.C., Austin, for Amicus Curiae Texas State Association of Fire Fighters.

Kristofer S. Monson, Asst. Solicitor Gen., Austin, for Amicus Curiae State of Texas.

Chief Justice JEFFERSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

"Sovereign immunity protects the State from lawsuits for money damages." Tex. Nat. Res. Conservation Comm'n v. IT-Davy, 74 S.W.3d 849, 853 (Tex.2002). But "an action to determine or protect a private party's rights against a state official who has acted without legal or statutory authority is not a suit against the State that sovereign immunity bars." Fed. Sign...

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