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RIGA v. COMMISSION FOR LAWYER DISCIPLINE

No. 01-06-00239-CV.

224 S.W.3d 795 (2007)

Peter J. RIGA and Michael Easton, Appellants, v. COMMISSION FOR LAWYER DISCIPLINE, Appellee.

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

May 10, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Easton, Susan C. Norman, Houston, TX, for Appellant.

Dudley P. McClellan, Office of the General Counsel, Linda A. Acevedo, Commission for Lawyer Discipline, Austin, Pamela S. Halliburton, Assistant Disciplinary Counsel, Houston, for Appellee.

Panel consists of Justices NUCHIA, KEYES, and HIGLEY.

OPINION

SAM NUCHIA, Justice.

In this interlocutory appeal, the district court granted a plea to the jurisdiction and held that, in a disciplinary action against a lawyer, the district court has no subject-matter jurisdiction over issues and parties not contemplated by the Texas Rules of Disciplinary Procedure. See TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM.CODE ANN. § 51.014(a)(8) (Vernon Supp.2006) (allowing interlocutory appeal). The district court's March...

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