Helton v. Railroad Com'n of Texas

OPINION

ELSA ALCALA, Justice.

Appellants, Arch W. Helton and Helton Properties, Inc. (Helton) challenge the trial court’s judgment, entered in a suit for judicial review of a final order issued by appellee, the Railroad Commission of Texas (the commission). The trial court’s judgment affirmed the commission’s interpretation of an earlier order the commission issued under the authority of the Mineral Interest Pooling Act (MIPA). See Tex. Nat. Res.Code Ann. §§ 102.001-.112 (Vernon 2001). 1 Helton brings three issues in which he contends that the commission (1) unlawfully ruled that the MIPA…