Northwest Independent School District v. Carroll Independent School District

OPINION

LEE GABRIEL, JUSTICE

We consolidated this appeal and petition for writ of mandamus or prohibition for en banc submission. In the appeal, appellants Northwest Independent School District, Northwest’s trustees, and Northwest’s superintendent appeal from the trial court’s order denying their third plea to the jurisdiction. In the original proceeding, Northwest seeks either a writ of mandamus or a writ of prohibition barring the trial court from acting on its stated intention to try all issues raised by the pleadings. In both, Northwest argues that the trial court may try nothing other than…