Ford Motor Company, Leif Johnson Ford, Inc. and Fred Capdevielle, Petitioners v. Barry Sheldon, Matthew Rueter…

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court held that it has jurisdiction under Texas Motor Vehicle Commission Code §6.06(g) and that the statute is not an unconstitutional special law. It found both the trial court's original class definition and the appellate court's modified definition to be insufficiently specific to satisfy the clearly‑ascertainable requirement of Rule 42(b)(4), and therefore reversed the appellate judgment and remanded for decertification of the class. Justice Baker dissented, arguing that §6.06(g) is an invalid special law and that the Court lacks jurisdiction.