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Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 51.075 (2026)

Authority Relating To Lawsuits

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Sec. 51.075. AUTHORITY RELATING TO LAWSUITS. The municipality may plead and be impleaded in any court.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13 cases, 2004–2007 · leading case: Tooke v. City of Mexia, 197 S.W.3d 325 (Tex. 2006).
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Tooke v. City of Mexia, 197 S.W.3d 325 (Tex. 2006). “154 [‘Contractual Adjudication Procedures Enforceable’], Local Government Code, as added by this Act, apply to a claim that arises under a contract executed before the effective date of this Act only if sovereign immunity has not been waived with respect to the claim before the…”
Reata Constr. Corp. v. City of Dallas, 197 S.W.3d 371 (Tex. 2006). “" See TEX. LOC. GOV'T CODE § 51.075. However, waiver of immunity for tort claims is governed by the Texas Tort Claims Act.”
City of Carrollton v. Singer, 232 S.W.3d 790 (Tex. App. 2007). “The Singers initially pled that the City was not immune from suit under section 51.”
United Water Servs., Inc. v. City of Houston, 137 S.W.3d 747 (Tex. App. 2004). “Tex. Loc. Gov't Code Ann. § 51.075 (Vernon 1999).”
Burlington N. & Santa Fe Ry. Co. v. City of Houston, 171 S.W.3d 240 (Tex. App. 2005). “075, which states that a home-rule municipality such as the City "may plead and be impleaded in any court," TEX. LOC. GOV'T CODE ANN. § 51.075 (Vernon 1999), and (3) by a provision in the City's charter that says the City may "sue and be sued" and may "implead and be impleaded.”
City of Houston v. Houston Firefighters' Relief & Ret. Fund, 196 S.W.3d 271 (Tex. App. 2006). “See Tex. Loc. Gov't Code Ann. § 51.075 (Vernon 1999) (providing that a municipality "may plead and be im-pleaded”); City of Houston Charter, art.”
City of Harlingen v. Alvarez, 204 S.W.3d 452 (Tex. App. 2006). “See TEX. LOC. GOV'T CODE ANN. § 51.075 (Vernon 1999) ("The municipality may plead and be impleaded in any court"); see also Webb v.”
City of Houston v. S. Elec. Servs., Inc., as Assignee of the Morganti Grp., Inc. (Tex. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “The amended petition added Morganti as a plaintiff and asserted that the Texas legislature had waived the City's immunity from suit through the Local Government Code, which provided that a home rule municipality "may plead and be impleaded in any court" and that the City had…”
City of Houston v. S. Elec. Servs., Inc., as Assignee of the Caddell Constr. Co., Inc. (Tex. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “The amended petition added Caddell as a plaintiff and asserted that the legislature had waived the City's immunity from suit through the Local Government Code, which provides that a home rule municipality "may plead and be impleaded in any court" and that the City had waived its…”
Joseph Knute Nivens, Wilbur Dunten, Marvin Fontenot v. City of League City (Tex. App. 2007). “" Tex. Loc. Gov't Code Ann. § 51.075 (V ernon 1999).”
Sweeny Cmty. Hosp. v. Rodolfo Mendez, M.D. (Tex. App. 2007). “(quoting Tex. Loc. Gov't Code Ann. § 51.075 (Vernon 1999)).”
City of Lubbock, TX v. Jim Adams (Tex. App. 2004). “" Tex. Loc. Gov't Code Ann. §51.075 (Vernon 1999).”
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