Abrams v. Department of Public Safety

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that “Texas courts have uniformly held that as a matter of law contract and quasi-contract claims such as promissory estoppel and quantum meruit are barred by sovereign immunity”
• “Under Texas law, state universities, including Texas Southern University, are agencies of the State and enjoy sovereign immunity.” (quotations omitted)
• “Texas courts have uniformly held that as a matter of law contract and quasi-contract claims . . . are barred by sovereign immunity.”
• “Texas courts have uniformly held that as a matter of law contract and quasi-contract claims . . . are barred by sovereign immunity.”
• “Congress . . . has not abrogated sovereign immunity with respect to claims under § 1981.”
• “Texas courts have uniformly held that as a matter of law contract and quasi-contract claims such as promissory estoppel and quantum meruit are barred by sovereign immunity.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).