The appellate court reversed a trial court’s summary judgment award that set aside the Commission’s decisions awarding benefits to former members of a county’s appraisal review board. The purpose of the appraisal review board is to hear and determine property tax disputes. The court held that the claimants did not fall within an exception for services rendered as members of the judiciary because as board members they were participants in the administrative review process, not members of the judicial branch. Also, there were several factors that weighed in favor of the determination that the claimants were employees subject to the county’s control and direction. The court thus concluded that the county did not satisfy its burden of proving as a matter of law that the claimants’ services were excluded from qualifying as employment as independent contractors. Accordingly, the court rendered judgment affirming the Commission’s unemployment benefit decisions (TWC v. The Harris County Appraisal District, Tex. Ct. of App., Fourteenth District, Houston, No. 14-14-00631-CV, March 31, 2016).