Texas Employment Commission v. Norris

OPINION

KEITH, Justice.

Defendants below appeal from an order granting a temporary injunction. Plaintiff, a claimant of unemployment benefits, invoked the jurisdiction of the trial court as an appeal from a decision by the Commission denying to him benefits under the Unemployment Compensation Act, Tex.Rev. Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 5221b-l et seq. (1971), hereinafter “Act”. The suit was filed timely under Sec. 4(i), and Texaco, Inc., and the Commission were named parties defendant.

Simultaneously with the filing of his original petition, plaintiff secured the issuance of an ex parte temporary…