City of Galveston v. State

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• concluding that absent clear and unambiguous consent from Legislature, State could not sue home-rule city for damages for negligence resulting in damage to State property
• recognizing that municipalities' governmental immunity applies against the State and not merely private parties
• stating that home-rule cities are immune from suit for government functions unless a state statute limits immunity
• cautioning that the nonexistence of immunity “could become a ruse for avoiding the Legislature, [and] courts should be very hesitant to declare immunity nonexistent in any particular case.”
• noting states joining the federal system had forfeited certain attributes of sovereignty, but not traditional immunity from private suits, “an inherent attribute of sovereignty”
• noting states joining the federal system had forfeited certain attributes of sovereignty, but not traditional immunity from private suits, \an inherent attribute of sovereignty\

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