Texas Supreme Court
San Antonio Independent School District, Connie Rocha, Mary Alice Cisneros, Margaret Mireles, Sylvia Ward, Thomas D…
January 31, 1997936 S.W.2d 279
Summary
The Texas Supreme Court held that a Texas independent school district is not an arm of the state for Eleventh Amendment purposes, so the federal court had jurisdiction over the omitted state‑law claims and, under federal res judicata principles, those claims are barred in state court. The Court reversed the Court of Appeals and entered judgment for the school district.