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· 3/20/1991

Dillard v. Austin Independent School District

Citations

  • 806 S.W.2d 589
  • 1991 Tex. App. LEXIS 692
  • 1991 WL 38217

How courts have described this case

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

  • recognizing Education Code section providing that school district trustees may sue and be sued waived immunity from suit
  • recognizing Education Code section providing that school district trustees may sue and be sued waived immunity from suit
  • declining to apply exception from sovereign immunity to a school district because exception was limited in application to municipalities
  • exception to the general rule of governmental immunity is that a municipality is not immune for proprietary functions
  • exception to the general rule of governmental immunity is that a municipality is not immune for proprietary functions
  • doctrine of governmental immunity requires public servants to be sued in their personal capacity unless immunity is otherwise waived

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Judges: Powers, Gammage, Jones

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