Texas Department of Public Safety v. Ackerman

OPINION

BILL VANCE, Justice.

After a Justice of the Peace upheld the Texas Department of Public Safety’s decision to suspend Ronald K. Ackerman’s concealed handgun license, Ackerman appealed the ruling to the County Court at Law. His appeal was considered by the judge of the County Criminal Court who had also heard the criminal case underlying DPS’s action. During the course of the de novo proceeding, DPS abandoned *674its effort to suspend Ackerman’s license. Acting on Ackerman’s motion for a summary judgment, however, the county criminal court awarded him $1,895 in attorney’s fees, costs, and…