In Re Walkup

OPINION

EVELYN KEYES, Justice.

In this mandamus proceeding, we must decide how to calculate the fourteen-day maximum length for a temporary restraining order (TRO). Specifically, we must decide whether a TRO granted on January 30, 2003 at 2:30 p.m. expired on February 13 at 2:30 p.m., fourteen 24-hour periods after it was granted, or whether it expired on February 13 at midnight, fourteen calendar days after it was granted. We hold that the TRO expired on February 13 at midnight.

Facts

The real parties in interest, EPA Solutions, L.L.C. and Ronald D. Tilbury, sued relators Kenneth J. Walkup and…