Supreme Court of Texas

Judgment for a class of plaintiffs awarding damages for fees imposed by defendant for technology upgrades and student services is reversed since the Texas Education Code authorized defendant to impose the technology fee and plaintiffs cannot seek refund of voluntarily paid student services fee.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/07/2004
• Decided 12/02/2005
• Published 12/02/2005

Judges

• Justice WAINWRIGHT delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Justice HECHT, Justice MEDINA, Justice GREEN, Justice JOHNSON, and Justice WILLETT joined.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Sydney W. Falk, Jr., Bickerstaff Heath Smiley Pollan Kever & McDaniel, L.L.P., Austin, amicus curiae for Texas Association of Community., P. Michael Jung, Christine Roseveare, Strasburger & Price, L.L.P., W. Neil Rambin, Sedgwick Detert Moran & Arnold, Dallas, Bruce A. Griggs, Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Austin, for Petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Carla S. Hatcher, Thorpe, Hatcher & Washington, L.L.P., Marc R. Stanley, Martin Darren Woodward, Stanley Mandel & Iola, L.L.P., Dallas, for Respondents.