All Star Sheet Metal & Roofing, Inc. v. Texas Department of Insurance

POWDERS, Justice.

All Star Sheet Metal and Roofing, Inc., sued the Department of Insurance, the Texas Commissioner of Insurance, 1 and the Texas Workers’ Compensation Insurance Facility for judicial review of a final order issued by the Commissioner in a contested case. See Tex. Ins.Code Ann. art. 5.76-2 § 2.08 (West Supp.1996). All Star appeals from the district-court judgment affirming the order. We will affirm the order and the district-court judgment.

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