Camarena v. Texas Employment Commission

WALLACE, Justice.

Roberto Camarena and other Texas farm workers appeal from the dismissal of their suit challenging the constitutionality of the Texas Unemployment Compensation Act [TUCA], TEX.REV.CIV.STAT.ANN. art. 5221b-l to 24 (Vernon 1987 & Supp.1988), the denial of attorney’s fees and the assessment of costs. 710 S.W.2d 665. In this suit the issues presented are threefold: (1) whether the farm workers’ suit is moot due to the Legislature’s subsequent amendment of the challenged statute, (2) whether the doctrine of sovereign immunity bars the farm workers from recovery of attorney’s fees,…