Texas Commission on Environmental Quality v. Galveston Bay Conservation & Preservation Ass'n

OPINION

Opinion by

Chief Justice VALDEZ.

Appellees, Galveston Bay Conservation and Preservation Association, Galveston Bay Foundation, (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Galveston Bay”) and Ma-tagorda Bay Foundation, filed permit applications for the appropriation of water for purely environmental purposes with appellant, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (hereinafter the “Commission”). The Commission ordered the applications denied for lack of jurisdiction. Appellees sought judicial review before a trial court, which entered a judgment setting aside the denial orders and…