Henderson v. Harbison

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• concluding that trial court lacked jurisdiction to hear ultra vires claims because claims could be pursued through explicit waiver of immunity under Public Information Act
• holding that UDJA did not waive immunity for claim seeking to construe Texas Public Information Act
• concluding that \UDJA does not waive sovereign immunity for 'bare statutory construction claims' \
• concluding that UDJA does not waive immunity for \ 'bare statutory construction claims' \
• holding appellant had a statutory channel by which to obtain same the relief sought through its UDJA ultra vires claims, i.e., production of the information under the Public Information Act, and so its UDJA claims were redundant and not justiciable
• “[T]he legislature created an explicit waiver of sovereign immunity in the [T]PIA…” (Citing Tex. Gov’t Code §552.321)

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