Texas River Barges v. City of San Antonio

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that although arguably proprietary actions were encompassed within governmental functions, a court has \no discretion to declare the actions proprietary\
• stating that although arguably proprietary actions were encompassed within governmental functions, a court has “no discretion to declare the actions proprietary”
• noting that cities retain immunity for governmental functions unless the legislature has expressly waived that immunity
• a party that did not raise constitutional issues in the trial court cannot argue them on appeal
• a party that did not raise constitutional issues in the trial court cannot argue them on appeal
• “Because the City’s actions were encompassed within the governmental functions listed in the Act, we have no discretion to declare the actions proprietary, regardless of the City’s motives.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).