In Re Geomet Recycling LLC, Richard Goldberg, Kenneth Goldberg, Josh Applebaum, Alicia McKinney, Eloisa Medina, Lee…

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court held that section 51.014(b) of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code imposes a mandatory stay of all trial‑court proceedings during certain interlocutory appeals and that a court of appeals may not lift that stay, even for a limited purpose. Accordingly, the Court conditionally granted a writ of mandamus and vacated the appellate order that had lifted the stay. The decision affirms the statutory mandate and rejects reliance on procedural rules or constitutional arguments to override it.