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Court hears dispute over repurchase statutes and whether state can claim immunity after acquiring property
Summary
In State of Texas v. JRJ Pusak Holdings (No. 240447), the court considered whether chapter 21 repurchase statutes apply where the state obtained land by deed following an offered settlement tied to a threat of condemnation, and whether sovereign immunity bars the landowner’s claim.
The Supreme Court considered whether the state waived sovereign immunity for a repurchase remedy where the state acquired land after initiating condemnation-related proceedings but effected the transfer by deed rather than by final condemnation judgment. Counsel for the State argued the legislature did not clearly and unambiguously waive sovereign immunity in the repurchase statutes for the facts here; the State urged…
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