Court Opinion

ID: 9412661
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Date Created: 2023-08-01 12:08:10.432937+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:41:27.078608
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TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

                                     NO. 03-22-00714-CV

Charles G. Cooper, in his Official Capacity as the Texas Banking Commissioner, Appellant

                                                v.

                            Cornelius Campbell Burgess, Appellee

              FROM THE 201ST DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY
 NO. D-1-GN-22-000504, THE HONORABLE AMY CLARK MEACHUM, JUDGE PRESIDING

                            MEMORANDUM OPINION

               Appellant Charles G. Cooper, in his Official Capacity as the Texas Banking

Commissioner, has filed an unopposed motion to dismiss this appeal. Appellant also requests

that we vacate the final judgment below and informs the Court that appellee does not oppose the

motion to dismiss and has not taken a position on appellant’s request for vacatur of the trial

court’s judgment.

               On appellant’s motion, Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 42.1(a)(1) allows this

Court “to dismiss the appeal or affirm the appealed judgment or order unless such disposition

would prevent a party from seeking relief to which it would otherwise be entitled.” Compare

Tex. R. App. P. 42.1(a)(1) with id. R. 43.2 (establishing that court of appeals may render specific

types of judgment, including “(e) vacate the trial court’s judgment and dismiss the case; or (f)

dismiss the appeal”). The comment to Rule 42.1 explicitly states, “The rule[] does not permit an
appellate court . . . to vacate a trial court’s judgment absent reversible error or a settlement.” Id.

R. 42.1 cmt.

               Accordingly, we grant appellant’s motion in part and dismiss the appeal. See Tex.

R. App. P. 42.1(a)(1).

                                               __________________________________________
                                               Gisela D. Triana, Justice

Before Justices Baker, Triana, and Smith

Dismissed on Appellant’s Motion

Filed: July 28, 2023

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