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 Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. art. 4413(36), § 6.06(g) to review the interlocutory class‑certification order and that both the trial court’s original class definition and the appellate court’s modified definition fail the clearly‑ascertainable requirement of Rule 42, so the Court reversed the appellate judgment and remanded for decertification. Justice Baker dissented, arguing the statute is an unconstitutional special law and that the Court lacks jurisdiction.