TASO expects to re-file lawsuit against UIL
The Houston Chronicle
August 29, 2010
The legal battle between the Texas Association of Sports Officials and the University Interscholastic League came to a halt on Friday, but it won’t be for long.
On Monday, TASO, the state’s governing body for sports officials, will continue its quest to prevent the UIL, the state’s governing body for high school athletics, from requiring officials to register with the league.
Though the state’s Third District Court of Appeals in Austin dismissed the case on Friday, it entered no opinion as to the merit of TASO’s claims whether the UIL has a legal right to require registration of officials that call its varsity contests.
Friday’s ruling clarified that the UIL is legally considered a state agency, meaning that any lawsuit against it must be filed against its director, not the entire organization. TASO’s original lawsuit, which was filed in December in the Travis County District Court, was against the organization itself. As the legal process played out, there was some confusion as to whether the UIL was an unincorporated association or a state agency until Friday.
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