ABBOTT v. HARRIS COUNTY

No. 03-21-00429-CV.

641 S.W.3d 514 (2022)

Greg ABBOTT, in his official capacity as Governor of Texas; and Ken Paxton, in his official capacity as Texas Attorney General, Appellants, v. HARRIS COUNTY, Texas; Rodney D. Ellis, in his official capacity as a Harris County Commissioner; and Janeana White, M.D., in her offiical capacity as Harris County Local Health Authority, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Filed: January 6, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christian Menefee , Tiffany S. Bingham , Courtney Carlson , Moustapha Gassama , Sameer Birring , Jonathan Fombonne , Susannah Mitcham , Harris County Attorney's Office, 1019 Congress St., Floor 15, Houston, TX 77002, for Appellee.

Benjamin L. Dower , Office of the Attorney General, P. O. Box 12548, Capitol Station, Austin, TX 78711-2548, for Appellant.

Before Chief Justice Byrne, Justices Triana and Kelly.


OPINION

In this interlocutory appeal, Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, and Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General (collectively, the "State Appellants"), assert that the trial court (1) erred in denying their plea to the jurisdiction and (2) abused its discretion in issuing a temporary injunction...

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