Changed Rule, Changed Justiciability

In Huffines v. Globe Express Trucking, the Fifteenth Court dismissed as moot the State’s interlocutory appeal from a temporary injunction and jurisdictional ruling—but declined the State’s request to dismiss the underlying suit entirely.

Specifically, a trial court had enjoined a law requiring administration of a “historically underutilized business” program on a “race, ethnicity, and sex neutral basis.” The Comptroller amended its rule, mooting the interlocutory appeal. As to the entire case however, dismissal was not automatic, as the plaintiffs’ pleadings did not affirmatively negate jurisdiction and they can amend on remand to target the Comptroller’s newly adopted final rules. No. 15-26-00091-CV (Tex. App.—15th Dist. Aug. 20, 2026, mem. op.),