IN RE CORNYN

No. 01-00-00758-CV.

27 S.W.3d 327 (2000)

In re Attorney General of Texas John CORNYN; Sergeant Investigator Stephen Acker; and Assistant Attorneys General David Puryear, W. Reed Lockhoof, and Robert B. Maddox, Relators.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

September 7, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Cornyn, Robert Bruni Maddox, Walter Reed Lockhoof, Gregory S. Coleman, Austin, for Relator.

Rusty Hardin, Cathy Herasimchuk, Houston, for Real Party In Interest.

Panel consists of Justices COHEN, TAFT, and NUCHIA.


OPINION

MURRY B. COHEN, Justice.

Relators seek a writ of mandamus, complaining that District Judge Patricia Hancock abused her discretion by granting a temporary restraining order (TRO) against them; ordering a show-cause hearing against relators Cornyn and Maddox for contempt for violating the TRO; holding relators Lockhoof and Acker in contempt for violating the TRO; and setting a temporary injunction hearing...

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