TEXAS DEPT. OF TRANSP. v. SEFZIK

No. 08-0943.

355 S.W.3d 618 (2011)

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Petitioner, v. Roger SEFZIK, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

October 21, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beth Ellen Klusmann , Assistant Solicitor General, Betsy Jane Johnson , Office of the Attorney General, Austin, James C. Ho , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Dallas, David S. Morales , Office of the Attorney General of Texas, Deputy First Assistant Attorney General, Kent C. Sullivan , 14th Court of Appeals, Greg W. Abbott , Attorney General and Clarence Andrew Weber , Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP, Austin, for Texas Department of Transportation.

J. Allen Smith , Scott J. Conrad , Bradley E. McLain , Settle Pou, Dallas and Clyde Russell Woody , Hartzog Conger Cason & Neville, Oklahoma City, OK, for Roger Sefzik.


PER CURIAM.

At issue in this case is whether sovereign immunity bars Roger Sefzik's lawsuit seeking declaratory relief under the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act (UDJA) against the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). In City of El Paso v. Heinrich, we dismissed claims seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against governmental entities as barred by sovereign immunity. 284 S.W.3d 366<...

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