Stary v. DeBord

Opinion

Courts of appeals have jurisdiction over trial courts’ interlocutory orders certifying or refusing to certify a class under Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 42. See Tex. Civ. Peag. & Rem.Code Ann. § 51.014(a)(3). Stary insists that this grant of jurisdiction does not extend to interlocutory orders striking corporate shareholder derivative claims. We agree. Because the court of appeals erroneously held that it had jurisdiction over an interlocutory order striking a shareholder derivative claim and reached the merits of the appeal, 951 S.W.2d 127, we reverse the court of appeals’ judgment…