TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
JUDGMENT RENDERED MARCH 18, 2021
NO. 03-18-00044-CV
Glenn Hegar, Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas; and
Ken Paxton, Attorney General of the State of Texas, Appellants
v.
Alam, Inc.; and Panah, Inc., Appellees
APPEAL FROM THE 419TH DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY
BEFORE CHIEF JUSTICE BYRNE, JUSTICES GOODWIN AND KELLY
REVERSED AND RENDERED -- OPINION BY JUSTICE BYRNE
This is an appeal from the district court’s January 19, 2018 interlocutory order overruling in part
appellants’ plea to the jurisdiction. Having reviewed the record and the parties’ arguments, the
Court holds that there was reversible error in the court’s order. Because the district court lacks
subject-matter jurisdiction over Alam’s protest and UDJA claims, it erred in overruling the
Comptroller’s plea to the jurisdiction as to those claims. Accordingly, the Court reverses the
district court’s order and renders judgment dismissing Alam’s protest and UDJA claims for lack
of jurisdiction. Appellees shall pay all costs relating to this appeal, both in this Court and in the
court below.