the University of Texas at Austin v. Dijaira B. Smith

Opinion

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

JUDGMENT RENDERED NOVEMBER 25, 2015

NO. 03-14-00509-CV

The University of Texas at Austin, Appellant

v.

Dijaira B. Smith, Appellee

APPEAL FROM 200TH DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY BEFORE JUSTICES PURYEAR, PEMBERTON, AND FIELD REVERSED AND DISMISSED– OPINION BY JUSTICE FIELD

This is an appeal from the interlocutory order signed by the trial court on July 21, 2014. Having

reviewed the record and the parties’ arguments, the Court holds that the trial court erred in

denying appellant’s plea to the jurisdiction. Therefore, the Court reverses the trial court’s

interlocutory order, grants the plea to the jurisdiction, and dismisses appellee’s suit for lack of

subject-matter jurisdiction. Appellee shall pay all costs relating to this appeal, both in this Court

and the court below.