Texas Department of Human Resources v. Texas State Employees Union

POWERS, Justice.

The Texas Department of Human Resources, an agency of the State of Texas, appeals from a permanent injunction issued by the trial court in a suit brought by employees of the Department and a union, Texas State Employees Union— CWA/AFL-CIO, to which several of the employees belong. 1 We will reverse the judgment below, ordering that the injunction be dissolved and that the plaintiffs take nothing by their suit.

THE CONTROVERSY

The plaintiffs sued the Department setting out five categories of official action alleged to be violative of the plaintiffs’ rights under the federal and…