Case Name: ENGELMAN IRRIGATION DISTRICT, Petitioner, v. SHIELDS BROTHERS, INC., Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Texas
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1998-12-03
Citations: 989 S.W.2d 360
Docket Number: No. 98-0257
Parties: ENGELMAN IRRIGATION DISTRICT, Petitioner, v. SHIELDS BROTHERS, INC., Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 989
Pages: 360–360

Head Matter:
ENGELMAN IRRIGATION DISTRICT, Petitioner, v. SHIELDS BROTHERS, INC., Respondent.
No. 98-0257.
Supreme Court of Texas.
Dec. 3, 1998.
Rehearing Overruled Jan. 21, 1999.
J. Arnold Aguilar, Brownsville, J.W. Dyer, McAllen, for Petitioner.
David E. Wood, Edinburg, for Respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Engleman Irrigation District's petition for review is denied. In denying the petition, the Court expresses no opinion on whether an irrigation district's obligation to deliver water under Chapter 58 of the Texas Water Code and related rules can be deemed to be a "contract" waiving the district's sovereign immunity from liability. See Federal Sign v. Texas Southern University, 951 S.W.2d 401, 408 (Tex.1997).