Empower Texans, Inc. and Michael Quinn Sullivan v. Texas Ethics Commission

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-16-00872-CV Empower Texans, Inc. and Michael Quinn Sullivan, Appellants v. Texas Ethics Commission, Appellee FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 345TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. D-1-GN-15-004455, HONORABLE STEPHEN YELENOSKY, JUDGE PRESIDING MEMORANDUM OPINION This appeal, in which Empower Texans, Inc., and Michael Quinn Sullivan appeal from the trial court’s order granting the plea to the jurisdiction filed by appellee the Texas Ethics Commission, presents a very narrow question: whether the trial court could exercise jurisdiction over…