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SULLIVAN v. TEXAS ETHICS COM'N

No. 03-17-00392-CV.

551 S.W.3d 848 (2018)

Michael Quinn SULLIVAN, Appellant v. TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Filed: May 17, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Nicholas D. Stepp , Mr. N. Terry Adams Jr. , Mr. Joseph M. Nixon , Mr. James E. `Trey` Trainor III , Akerman LLP, 1300 Post Oak Blvd, Suite 2500, Houston, TX 77056, for Appellant.

Mr. Eric J.R. Nichols , Ms. Amanda G. Taylor , Beck Redden, LLP, 515 Congress Avenue, Suite 1900, Austin, TX 78701, Ms. Amy Penn , Ewell Brown Blanke & Knight LLP, 111 Congress Avenue, 28th Floor, Austin, TX 78701, for Appellee.

Before Justices Puryear, Field, and Bourland.

OPINION

In this interlocutory appeal, we are faced with a legal question of first impression: can a motion to dismiss authorized by the Texas Citizens Participation Act (TCPA) be used to dismiss one's own administrative appeal? See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 27.003. In the proceedings below, Michael...

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