McCONNELL v. SOUTHSIDE SCHOOL DIST.

No. D-1659.

858 S.W.2d 337 (1993)

John S. McCONNELL, Petitioner, v. SOUTHSIDE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Dr. David S. Smith, Miguel M. Fernandez, Sammie Kerby, Joe L. Weiss, Mack C. Stallcup, Gilbert P. Arredondo, and Julian Gonzales, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Overruled September 10, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Heidelberg, Stacy C. Ferguson, San Antonio, for petitioner.

John T. Fleming, Austin, for respondents.


OPINION

HIGHTOWER, Justice.

This case presents the question whether grounds for summary judgment must be expressly presented in the motion for summary judgment itself or whether such grounds may be presented in either a brief filed contemporaneously with the motion or in the summary judgment evidence. We conclude that grounds for summary judgment must be expressly presented in the summary judgment motion itself. Consequently, we reverse the judgment of the...

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