RESENDEZ v. JOHNSON

No. 99-0728.

52 S.W.3d 689 (2001)

Ernesto and Maria RESENDEZ, individually and as next friends of M.R., a minor, Patsy Manning, individually and as next friend of M.M., a minor, Lester Vaughn, Sr., individually and as next friend of L.V., a minor, Adela Moreno, individually and as next friend of A.M., a minor, Petitioners, v. Ron JOHNSON and Chad Woolery, individually and in their official capacities, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided January 18, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth H. Molberg, Wilson Williams & Molberg, Dallas, Howard M. Rosenstein, Arlington, for Petitioner.

Dennis J. Eichelbaum, Kaye E. Knox, Schwartz & Eichelbaum, Plano, Robert Allen Schulman, San Antonio, for Respondent.


Justice ENOCH delivered the opinion of the Court.

We granted the petitions for review in this interlocutory appeal to consider whether excessive corporal punishment may violate a student's substantive due process rights. But this Court's jurisdiction over interlocutory appeals is limited. Without a dissent or a conflict, the court of appeals' decision is final.1 Here, there is no dissent, and we conclude that the parties' jurisdictional...

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