Employees Retirement System of Texas v. Foy

POWERS, Justice.

The Employees Retirement System of Texas (“the System”) appeals from a trial-court judgment reversing the System’s final order in an administrative proceeding initiated in the agency by Helen L. Foy, a state employee and a member of the System. The order also remands the administrative proceeding to the agency “for further proceedings.” We will reverse the trial-court judgment and render judgment dismissing the cause for want of subject-matter jurisdiction.

THE CONTROVERSY

A member of the System may be entitled to “disability retirement benefits” (an annuity) under the…