San Antonio Independent School District v. McKinney

ENOCH, Justice.

The issue in this case is whether a prior federal court judgment precludes a subsequent action in state court asserting state law claims omitted in the federal action. In particular, we must decide whether an independent school district is entitled to Eleventh Amendment immunity from suit in federal court such that the federal court would have lacked jurisdiction of the omitted state law claims. The court of appeals concluded that a school district is an arm of the state entitled to Eleventh Amendment immunity. 897 S.W.2d 879. Because we conclude that an independent school…