In Re the City of Dallas

OPINION

CAYCE, Chief Justice.

The question presented in this mandamus proceeding is whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying the City of Dallas’s motion to transfer venue to Dallas County under the mandatory venue provision of section 65.023(a) of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code. Specifically, we have been asked to decide whether the primary relief sought in the underlying suit filed by the City of Fort Worth is the issuance of a permanent injunction, which would require that the suit be tried in Dallas County, or the rendition of a declaratory judgment, which would…