State v. Dallas County

Opinion

REVERSE, VACATE, and REMAND; and Opinion Filed June 8, 2015.

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Court of Appeals

Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-14-01216-CV

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellant V.

DALLAS COUNTY, CITY OF DALLAS, IRVING INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, DALLAS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT, DALLAS COUNTY SCHOOL EQUALIZATION FUND, AND PARKLAND HOSPITAL DISTRICT, Appellees

On Appeal from the 68th Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. TX-12-30113

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Before Justices Lang-Miers, Brown, and Schenck Opinion by Justice Brown

In this interlocutory appeal in a case involving property taxes, the State of Texas

contends the trial court erred in denying its plea to the jurisdiction based on sovereign immunity.

See TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. § 51.014(a)(8) (West 2015). Appellees agree the

State’s plea to the jurisdiction should have been granted. They have filed a motion asking us to

reverse and remand so they can dismiss the State from the lawsuit. We grant appellees’ motion.

We reverse and vacate the trial court’s August 25, 2014 order denying the plea to the jurisdiction

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and remand the cause to the trial court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

/Ada Brown/ ADA BROWN JUSTICE

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Court of Appeals

Fifth District of Texas at Dallas JUDGMENT

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellant On Appeal from the 68th Judicial District Court, Dallas County, Texas No. 05-14-01216-CV V. Trial Court Cause No. TX-12-30113.

Opinion delivered by Justice Brown. Justices DALLAS COUNTY, CITY OF DALLAS, Lang-Miers and Schenck participating. IRVING INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, DALLAS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT, DALLAS COUNTY SCHOOL EQUALIZATION FUND, AND PARKLAND HOSPITAL DISTRICT, Appellees

In accordance with this Court’s opinion of this date, we REVERSE and VACATE the trial court’s August 25, 2014 order and REMAND the cause to the trial court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

It is ORDERED that the parties bear their own costs of this appeal.

Judgment entered this 8th day of June, 2015.