Texas Department of Health v. Hejl

PHILLIPS, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an award of attorneys’ fees and court costs adjudged against appellant, Texas Department of Health, in an employment dispute prosecuted pursuant to the applicable versions of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1979) and § 1988 (1976). As the judgment fails to dispose of all the named defendants and does not fall within the ambit of any of the statutory exceptions to that prerequisite, it constitutes a non-ap-pealable interlocutory order and the appeal is therefore dismissed.

Appellee Frank Hejl filed suit contesting his alleged demotion on July 31, 1979, following…