ZACHRY CONST. CORP. v. PORT OF HOU. AUTH.

No. 12-0772.

449 S.W.3d 98 (2014)

ZACHRY CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. PORT OF HOUSTON AUTHORITY OF HARRIS COUNTY, Texas, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided August 29, 2014.

Rehearing Denied December 19, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Wes Johnson , The Gardner Law Firm, San Antonio, TX, for Amicus Curiae, Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas.

Joe F. Canterbury Jr. , Canterbury Stuber Elder Gooch , Surratt, Shapiro & Stein P.C., Dallas, TX, for Amicus Curiae, Associated General Contractors of Texas, Inc.

James Corbin Van Arsdale , Vice President & General Counsel, Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae, Associated General Contractors-Texas Building Branch.

Robert H. Fugate , Assistant City Attorney, Arlington City Attorney's Office, Arlington, TX, for Amicus Curiae, City of Arlington, Texas.

Charles Steven Estee , Office of the Dallas City Attorney, Dallas, TX, Amicus Curiae, City of Dallas, Texas.

Christopher Bedford Mosley, Sr. Assistant City Attorney, Fort Worth, for Amicus Curiae, City of Fort Worth, Texas.

Malinda York Crouch, Sr. Assistant City Attorney, Houston, TX, for Amicus Curiae, City of Houston.

Robert Caput , DFW Airport, TX, for Amicus Curiae, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Board.

Vincent L. Marable III , Paul Webb, P.C., Wharton, TX, for Amicus Curiae, Electrical Contractors Association, National Systems Contractors Association.

Bruce S. Powers , Assistant County Attorney, Vincent Reed Ryan Jr. , Houston, TX, for Amicus Curiae, Harris County, Texas.

Hugh Rice Kelly , Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae, Texans for Lawsuit Reform.

Jose E. De La Fuente , Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, P.C., Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae, Texas Aggregates and Concrete Association.

George S. Christian , Texas Civil Justice League, Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae, Texas Civil Justice League.

John B. Dahill , Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae, Texas Conference of Urban Counties.

Heather Mahurin , Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae, Texas Municipal League.

Richard Gary Thomas , Thomas Feldman & Wilshusen, LLP, Dallas, TX, for Amicus Curiae, The American Subcontractors Association, Inc.

David A. Escamilla , Sherine Elizabeth Thomas , Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae, Travis County, Texas.

Michael Keeley , Dallas, TX, for Amicus Curiae, Zurich Surety.

Amanda Bowman Nathan , Sydney Gibbs Ballesteros , Robin C. Gibbs , Michael Absmeier , Jennifer Horan Greer , Gibbs & Bruns LLP, Brandon Trent Allen , Reynolds, Frizzell, Black, Doyle, Allen & Oldham, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Douglas W. Alexander , Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsend LLP, Austin, TX, for Petitioner Zachry Construction Corporation.

David E. Keltner , Marianne M. Auld , Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP, Fort Worth, TX, Catherine B. Smith , Michael A. Heidler , Marie R. Yeates , William D. Sims Jr. , Vinson & Elkins LLP, David Hurst Brown , Brown & Kornegay, LLP, Karen Tucker White , Karen T. White, P.C., Lawrence J. Fossi , Fossi & Jewell LLP, Houston, TX, for Respondent Port of Houston Authority of Harris County, Texas.


The common law permits a contractor to recover damages for construction delays caused by the owner, but the parties are free to contract differently. A contractor...

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