HOUSTON – The First Court of Appeals today affirmed a plea to the jurisdiction dismissing a lawsuit brought by Williamson County Attorney Dee Hobbs, who sought to challenge a policy limiting how much he can pay an employee.
Hobbs sued the Williamson county judge and commissioners court, seeking a declaratory judgment that certain policies were void for exceeding the power of the
Commissioners Court.
Specifically, Hobbs challenged a policy that limited the salary he could offer a newly hired or promoted employee.
In response, the county judge and county commissioners, filed a plea to the jurisdiction arguing that there was no justiciable controversy, noting that Williamson County was both a plaintiff and a defendant.
The trial court granted the plea to the jurisdiction and dismissed the entire case, prompting the appeal.
“Having concluded that Hobbs lacks standing, that the pleading does not allege a justiciable injury, and that the facts alleged in the live pleading do not invoke the trial court’s supervisory jurisdiction, we affirm the judgment of the trial court,” the First Court’s opinion states.
Appeals case No. 01-19-00025-CV