Opinion ID: 29915
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Heading: to sue and be sued;

Text: No. 01-11398 -14- Charter provision does not restrict the forum for suits against the City to courts of the State.23 The district court relied on these two provisions to find an express waiver of sovereign immunity from suit here. The City argues this conclusion is in error, contending that the code and charter provisions relied on by the district court are simply confirmations that the City of Dallas has the corporate capacity to sue and be sued. Alternatively, buttressing its argument with four state decisions from Texas courts of appeals, it seeks to have this court certify the express waiver issue to the Texas Supreme Court as an “unsettled” question of state law. In Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. v. Brownsville Navigation District,24 the Texas Supreme Court held that a statute with language similar to that found in § 51.075 and the Dallas City Charter provision waived immunity from suit. The statute in that case states that, All navigation districts . . . may sue or be sued in all courts of this state in the name of such navigation district, and all courts of this state shall take