Court Opinion

ID: 9763279
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Date Created: 2023-08-29 02:39:56.759236+00
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OPINION ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
GONZALEZ, Justice.
In his motion for rehearing, among other things, appellant asserts that we ignored the “law of the case” as set out in our two prior opinions.
The “law of the case” doctrine is that if an appellate court has passed on a legal question and remanded the case to the court below for further proceedings, the legal questions thus determined by the appellate court will not be differently determined on a subsequent appeal in the same case. See Dessommes v. Dessommes, 543 S.W.2d 165, 169 (Tex.Civ.App.—Texarkana 1976, writ ref’d n.r.e.); Texaco Inc. v. Par*576ker, 373 S.W.2d 870, 872 (Tex.Civ.App.—El Paso 1964, writ ref’d n.r.e.); 5 AM Jur.2d § 744.
Since neither of our prior opinions decided the issue of the reasonableness of the noncompetition covenant, appellant’s assertion is incorrect. The only issue before us on the two prior appeals was the propriety of the denial of the temporary injunctions and our review was limited solely to the issue of abuse of discretion. Our review now was not so restricted. We reviewed the merits of the case as raised by the points of error. See Electronic Data Systems Corp. v. Powell, 524 S.W.2d 393 (Tex.Civ.App.—Dallas 1975, writ ref’d n.r.e.).
We adhere to our original disposition. Appellant’s motion for rehearing is OVERRULED.
NYE, C.J., dissenting.
NYE, Chief Justice, dissenting.
The appellant’s point of error in his motion for rehearing that the majority has ignored the law of the case as set out in two prior opinions is well taken. See: Diesel Injection Sales & Service, Inc. v. Renfro, 619 S.W.2d 20 (Tex.Civ.App.—Corpus Christi 1981, writ ref’d n.r.e.) and Diesel Injection Sales & Service, Inc. v. Gonzalez, et al, 631 S.W.2d 193 (Tex.Civ.App.—Corpus Christi 1982, n.w.h.).
I would grant appellant’s motion for rehearing for the reasons set forth in my original dissenting opinion and remand the case to the trial court for a hearing on the merits.