Texas Supreme Court

In Re Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Relator

August 30, 200245 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 1260

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court held that the district court abused its discretion by extending a temporary restraining order beyond the fourteen‑day limit set by Rule 680, and therefore granted mandamus relief ordering the lower court to set aside the extension. The Court also concluded that such an extension does not make the order appealable as a temporary injunction, leaving mandamus as the proper remedy.