City of San Antonio and Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas, Inc. v. Southside Affordable Development LLC

Opinion

Fourth Court of Appeals San Antonio, Texas MEMORANDUM OPINION No. 04-24-00371-CV

CITY OF SAN ANTONIO and Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas, Inc., Appellants

v.

SOUTHSIDE AFFORDABLE DEVELOPMENT LLC, Appellee

From the 285th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas Trial Court No. 2023CI25553 Honorable Rosie Alvarado, Judge Presiding PER CURIAM

Sitting: Lori I. Valenzuela, Justice H. Todd McCray, Justice Velia J. Meza, Justice

DISMISSED FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION

Delivered and Filed: May 14, 2025

On May 28, 2024, appellant Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Texas, Inc. (“Toyota”) filed a

notice of appeal filed a notice of interlocutory appeal pursuant to section 51.014 of the Texas Civil

Practice and Remedies Code. In the alternative, Toyota requested that its appeal be construed as a

petition for writ of mandamus.

Having reviewed the matter, we determine Toyota is not entitled to an interlocutory appeal

under section 51.014 challenging the denial of the plea, because “[a]n interlocutory appeal from 04-24-00371-CV

an order denying a plea to the jurisdiction is available by statute only to governmental agencies.”

In re Est. of O'Bryant, No. 04-04-00359-CV, 2004 WL 2616323, at *1 (Tex. App.—San Antonio

Aug. 11, 2004). See also Texas A & M Univ. Sys. v. Koseoglu, 233 S.W.3d 835, 843 (Tex. 2007)

(“[T]he statute must allow an appeal to be filed by both a non-governmental plaintiff challenging

the grant of a plea to the jurisdiction and a governmental defendant challenging the denial of one.”)

(emphasis added).

Accordingly, we will construe Toyota’s appeal as a petition for writ of mandamus. To the

extent Toyota attempts to appeal from the trial court’s order denying its plea to the jurisdiction, its

appeal is DISMISSED FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION.

PER CURIAM

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