Texas Ethics Commission v. Michael Quinn Sullivan

COURT OF APPEALS SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS FORT WORTH NO. 02-15-00103-CV TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION APPELLANT AND APPELLEE V. MICHAEL QUINN SULLIVAN APPELLEE AND APPELLANT ---------- FROM THE 158TH DISTRICT COURT OF DENTON COUNTY TRIAL COURT NO. 14-06508-16 ---------- MEMORANDUM OPINION 1 ---------- In this appeal, we are asked to determine the appropriate venue for an administrative respondent’s appeal by trial de novo of a state agency’s final administrative decision. We conclude that venue of the administrative respondent’s appeal by trial de novo was mandatorily set in Travis County because…