Susan Combs, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts and the Office of the Comptroller of Public Accounts v. the Texas Civil Rights Project and Sarah Canright

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN JUDGMENT RENDERED AUGUST 29, 2013 NO. 03-11-00538-CV Susan Combs, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, and the Office of the Comptroller of Public Accounts, Appellant v. The Texas Civil Rights Project and Sarah Canright, Appellee APPEAL FROM 201ST DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY BEFORE CHIEF JUSTICE JONES, JUSTICES GOODWIN AND FIELD VACATED AND DISMISSED FOR WANT OF JURISDICTION – OPINION BY JUSTICE FIELD CONCURRING OPINION BY JUSTICE GOODWIN DISSENTING OPINION BY CHIEF JUSTICE JONES THIS CAUSE having this day come on to be considered, and the Court being of the opinion that there was error in the order of the trial court: IT IS ACCORDINGLY considered, adjudged and ordered that the trial court’s order is vacated and the suit is dismissed for want of jurisdiction. It is FURTHER ordered that the appellee pay all costs relating to this appeal, both in this Court and the court below; and that this decision be certified below for observance.