Texas Department of Protective & Regulatory Services v. Mega Child Care, Inc.

in which Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice HECHT, Justice O’NEILL, Justice JEFFERSON, Justice WAINWRIGHT and Justice BRISTER joined.

In Texas, a person may obtain judicial review of an administrative action only if a statute provides a right to judicial review, or the action adversely affects a vested property right or otherwise violates a constitutional right. See Cont’l Cas. Ins. Co. v. Functional Restoration Assocs., 19 S.W.3d 393, 397 (Tex.2000); Firemen’s & Policemen’s Civil Serv. Comm’n v. Kennedy, 514 S.W.2d 237, 239 (Tex.1974); City of Amarillo v. Hancock, 150 Tex. 231, 239 S.W.2d 788,…