Deborah Barnhart, Brooke Balch, and Vickie Henderson

Summary

The court treated the officers’ mandamus petition as a notice of appeal and reviewed the class-certification order under the standards applicable to class-certification appeals. It held that State immunity did not bar the retrospective-relief or declaratory-relief claims, but did bar the individual-capacities claims because the alleged duties arose solely from the officers’ official positions. The court upheld certification of the retrospective-relief and declaratory-relief claims, reversed the certification of the individual-capacities claims, and remanded.