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Sovereign Immunity Protects Public Texas University in Construction Dispute

On December 1, 2020, the Court of Appeals of Texas (1st District) reversed a lower court decision and held that where a party fails to show that a public university defendant has expressly breached a contractual provision, Texas sovereign immunity law shields the public university from a lawsuit See Texas Southern University v. Pepper Lawson Horizon International Group, LLC, No. 01-19-00395, 2020 WL 703584 (Court of Appeals (Tx. 1st District) December 1, 2020)....
By: Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/sovereign-immunity-protects-public-81594/

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