Texas Ethics Commission v. Michael Quinn Sullivan ( 2015 )

COURT OF APPEALS
SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH
NO. 02-15-00103-CV
Texas Ethics Commission § From the 158th District Court
§ of Denton County (14-06508-16)
v.
§ November 5, 2015
Michael Quinn Sullivan § Per Curiam
JUDGMENT
This court has considered the record on appeal in this case and holds that
there was error in the trial court’s orders. It is ordered that Judge Burgess’s
order denying the Texas Ethics Commission’s motion to transfer venue and
Judge Cleveland’s subsequent dismissal order are reversed and the case is
remanded with instructions to (1) transfer the appeal by trial de novo to the
county of mandatory venue—Travis County—and (2) tax costs that were
“incurred [in the trial court] prior to the time such suit is filed in the court to which
said cause is transferred” against Michael Quinn Sullivan. Tex. R. Civ. P. 89.
It is further ordered that Michael Quinn Sullivan shall bear the costs of this
appeal, for which let execution issue.
SECOND DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS
PER CURIAM