CITY OF DENTON v. RUSHING

No. 17-0336.

570 S.W.3d 708 (2019)

CITY OF DENTON, Petitioner, v. Brian RUSHING, Calvin Patterson and Kevin Marshall, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion Delivered: March 15, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry E. Drake, Jr. , Denton City Attorney's Office, Denton, Aaron Leal , Fort Worth, Amy M. Emerson , Allensworth & Porter L.L.P., Austin, for Petitioner.

Brian T. Cartwright , R. Scott Alagood , Ryan Webster , Samuel B. Burke , Alagood Cartwright Burke PC, Denton, for Respondents.


In this interlocutory appeal from an order denying a city's plea to the jurisdiction and alternative motion for summary judgment, we must determine whether Local Government Code section 271.152, which waives a city's immunity from suit on certain contracts, applies to these underlying claims. The...

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