Glenn Hegar, in His Official Capacity as Texas Comptroller, and Ken Paxton, in His Official Capacity as Texas Attorney General v. Texas Small Tobacco Coalition and Global Tobacco, Inc.
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
1Opinion of the Court
TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-13-00753-CV Susan Combs, in her official capacity as Texas Comptroller, and Greg Abbott, in his official capacity as Texas Attorney General, Appellants v. Texas Small Tobacco Coalition and Global Tobacco, Inc., Appellees FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 345TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. D-1-GN-13-002414, HONORABLE STEPHEN YELENOSKY, JUDGE PRESIDING DISSENTING OPINION The majority holds that the trial court did not have jurisdiction to consider appellees’ request for a hardship exemption because appellees did not timely file their…