Supreme Court of Texas

Where Tex. Educ. Code section 21 expressly grants administrative jurisdiction to award damages in teacher contract disputes and affords the same relief available in collateral litigation, a teacher may not file a parallel suit in state court to avoid a potential limitations bar.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/28/2008
• Published 03/28/2008

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kevin F. Lungwitz, Lungwitz & Lungwitz, P.C., Austin, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael D. Atkins, Kevin B. Laughlin, Atkins Peacock & Lewis, L.L.P., Odessa, for Respondent.