in Re Geomet Recycling LLC, Richard Goldberg, Kenneth Goldberg, Josh Applebaum, Alicia McKinney, Eloisa Medina, Lee Wakser, Spencer Lieman, Mikel Shecht, Laura Myers, Henry Jackson, and Kelly Couch

During certain interlocutory appeals, section 51.014(b) of the Civil Practice and Remedies Code "stays the commencement of a trial in the trial court pending resolution of the appeal." TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE § 51.014(b). For a subset of these interlocutory appeals, including appeals from the denial of a motion to dismiss under the Texas Citizens Participation Act ("TCPA"), section 51.014(b) "also stays all other proceedings in the trial court pending resolution of that appeal." Id. In this case, while an interlocutory TCPA appeal was pending, the court of appeals granted the appellees'…