SAN ANTONIO SCHOOL DIST. v. McKINNEY

No. 95-0522.

936 S.W.2d 279 (1996)

SAN ANTONIO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Connie Rocha, Mary Alice Cisneros, Margaret Mireles, Sylvia Ward, Thomas D. Gaffney, Gene Garcia, and Oscar G. Hernandez, in their official capacities as board members, Petitioners, v. Charles McKINNEY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided December 13, 1996.

Rehearing Overruled January 31, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Heidelberg, San Antonio, for petitioners.

Truman Dean, Jr., Austin, for respondent.


ENOCH, Justice.

The issue in this case is whether a prior federal court judgment precludes a subsequent action in state court asserting state law claims omitted in the federal action. In particular, we must decide whether an independent school district is entitled to Eleventh Amendment immunity from suit in federal court such that the federal court would have lacked jurisdiction of the omitted state law claims. The court of appeals concluded that a school district...

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