The opinion
TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
JUDGMENT RENDERED NOVEMBER 30, 2023
NO. 03-21-00602-CV
Alexander Sonnenschein, Appellant
v.
Augustin Rivera, Jr.; Teresa Ereon Giltner; Harold Odom; Barbara Ellis;
Anna M. McKim; Cynthia Eva Hujar Orr; C. Alfred Mackenzie; Dwaine M. Massey; and
Carlos R. Soltero; In Their Official Capacities as Members of the Texas Board of Law
Examiners, Appellees
APPEAL FROM THE 250TH DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY
BEFORE CHIEF JUSTICE BYRNE, JUSTICES KELLY AND SMITH
AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED AND REMANDED IN PART --
OPINION BY JUSTICE SMITH
This is an appeal from the judgment signed by the trial court on November 15, 2023. Having
reviewed the record and the parties’ arguments, the Court holds that there was reversible error in
the trial court’s judgment. Therefore, the Court reverses the portion of the trial court’s judgment
related to appellant’s claims for violations of his rights to equal protection; we affirm the trial
court’s judgment granting the appellees’ plea to the jurisdiction and rendering judgment in their
favor in all other respects. We remand the cause to the trial court to allow appellant an
opportunity to amend his pleadings to invoke the trial court’s subject-matter jurisdiction and for
further proceedings consistent with this Court’s opinion. The appellant shall pay all costs
relating to this appeal, both in this Court and in the court below.