Ruth Hughs in Her Official Capacity as the Texas Secretary of State v. Move Texas Action Fund ( 2020 )

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-20-00497-CV
Ruth Hughs in her Official Capacity as the Texas Secretary of State, Appellant
v.
Move Texas Action Fund, Appellee
FROM THE 419TH DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY
NO. D-1-GN-20-005507, THE HONORABLE TIM SULAK, JUDGE PRESIDING
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Texas Secretary of State Ruth Hughs has filed an unopposed motion to dismiss
her interlocutory appeal for want of jurisdiction. Hughs argues that her appeal is moot because
appellee Move Texas Action Fund has filed a notice of nonsuit in the district court. We agree
that the nonsuit has rendered the case moot. See University of Tex. Med. Branch at Galveston
v. Estate of Blackmon ex rel. Shultz, 195 S.W.3d 98, 100–01 (Tex. 2006) (per curiam)
(dismissing pending appeal from denial of plea to jurisdiction because nonsuit of all claims
rendered case moot). We grant Hughs’s motion and dismiss the appeal for want of
jurisdiction. See id. at 101.
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Edward Smith, Justice
Before Justices Goodwin, Baker, and Smith
Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction
Filed: December 18, 2020
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