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HOUSTON BELT & TERMINAL RAILWAY v. HOUSTON

NO. 14-0459.

487 S.W.3d 154 (2016)

HOUSTON BELT & TERMINAL RAILWAY CO., BNSF Railway Co., and Union Pacific Railroad Co., Petitioners, v. CITY OF HOUSTON, Texas and Daniel Krueger, in his Official Capacity as Director of Public Works and Engineering, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion Delivered: April 1, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Debora B. Alsup , Thompson & Knight LLP, Austin TX, James B. Harris , Richard B. Phillips Jr. , Stephen F. Fink , Thompson & Knight LLP, Dallas TX, for Petitioners.

David M. Feldman , City of Houston Legal Department, Donna Lynn Edmundson , Houston City Attorney, Judith Lee Ramsey , Chief, General Litigation Section, City of Houston Legal, Lynette Fons , City of Houston Legal Department, Robert W. Higgason , Senior Assistant City Attorney, Houston TX, for Respondents.

Governmental immunity protects political subdivisions of the state, such as cities and their officers, from liability. Reata Const. Corp. v. City of Dallas, 197 S.W.3d 371, 374 (Tex.2006). An important justification for this immunity is pragmatic: it shields...

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