Hix v. Robertson

Notwithstanding the Texas Supreme Court’s recent decision in Ross, regarding what it takes to become a party bound by a judgment, I have grave concerns about the consequences of the State filing an amicus brief in this proceeding. Ross v. Nat’l Ctr. for the Empl. of the Disabled, No. 05-1082, — S.W.3d -, -, 2006 WL 1651692, *1, 49 Tex. Sup. J. 760, 2006 Tex. LEXIS 551, *1-2 (Tex. June 16, 2006) (“But the trial court had no jurisdiction either to enter judgment or to enforce it against a party who had neither been properly served nor appeared.”). My concern arises out of this Court’s holding in…