Legal Opinion
Employees Retirement System of Texas v. Jones
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided April 12, 2001No. 03-00-00556-CVPublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KIDD, Justice.
Gene Jones sought judicial review of the decision by the Employees Retirement System of Texas (“ERS”) to deny insurance coverage to his dependent child, claiming that the ERS rule governing dependency conflicted with the authorizing statute. ERS appeals the order of the trial court declaring its rule invalid and ordering coverage for Jones’s child. We will affirm.
BACKGROUND
Jones served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1972 through 1976 and in the Texas Senate from 1976 through 1981. As an elected official, Jones qualified for the Uniform Group Insurance Plan (“UGIP”)…
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3Cited by42 opinions
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- Texas Board of Pardons & Paroles v. Feinblatt, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2002
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