TX. STATE EMPLOYEES UNION v. WORKFORCE COM'N

No. 03-99-00171-CV.

16 S.W.3d 61 (2000)

TEXAS STATE EMPLOYEES UNION/CWA LOCAL 6184 A.F.L.C.I.O.; Pat McCowan; Betty McCoy; Ed Carpenter; and Lydia DeLeon, Individually and on Behalf of Others Similarly Situated, Appellants, v. TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION; Council on Workforce and Economic Competitiveness; Michael Sheridan, Individually and in his Official Capacity and his successors in office; and George Bush in his Official Capacity as Governor of the State of Texas and his successors in office; Gulf Coast Workforce Development Board; and Coastal Bend Workforce Development Board, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Overruled May 18, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Daves, Larry R. Daves & Associates, San Antonio, for appellants.

Lucinda J. Garcia, Wood, Boykin & Wolter, P.C., Corpus Christi, for Coastal Bend.

David S. Morales, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, for Texas Workforce; Council on Workforce; Michael Sheridan; and George Bush.

Marcy Hogan Greer, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Austin, for Gulf Coast.

Before Justices JONES, KIDD and PATTERSON.


MACK KIDD, Justice.

This is an appeal of a trial-court order granting appellees1 their plea to the jurisdiction, thereby dismissing each of appellants' causes of action. In ten issues, appellants, former employees of the Texas Workforce Commission, contend that the trial court erred in ruling that their claims were jurisdictionally barred by the doctrine of sovereign immunity and a lack of standing. Concluding that the trial court erred...

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