Court Opinion

ID: 9902403
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-11-27 08:09:20.369928+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:21:50.599779
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In the
                          Court of Appeals
                  Second Appellate District of Texas
                           at Fort Worth
                                No. 02-22-00281-CV

JONATHAN STICKLAND AND JACKIE             §   On Appeal from the 17th District Court
SCHLEGEL, TEXANS FOR VACCINE
FREEDOM, AND TEXANS FOR VACCINE
CHOICE PAC, Appellants                    §   of Tarrant County (017-330567-21)

V.                                        §   November 22, 2023

JACKIE SCHLEGEL AND TEXANS FOR
VACCINE CHOICE, Appellees                 §   Memorandum Opinion by Justice Kerr

                                   JUDGMENT

      This court has considered the record on appeal in this case and holds that there

was error in part of the trial court’s orders on the parties’ motions under the Texas

Citizens Participation Act (TCPA). We affirm the trial court’s order denying the

TCPA motion filed by Jackie Schlegel, Texans for Vaccine Freedom, and Texans for

Vaccine Choice PAC. We reverse the trial court’s order denying Jonathan Stickland’s

TCPA motion, render judgment granting his TCPA motion, and remand the case to
the trial court to determine Stickland’s attorney’s fees, costs, and the potential award

of sanctions under the TCPA. We deny Texans for Vaccine Choice’s request for

sanctions.

      It is further ordered that Jackie Schlegel, Texans for Vaccine Freedom, and

Texans for Vaccine Choice PAC must pay all costs of this appeal.

                                      SECOND DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS

                                      By _/s/ Elizabeth Kerr__________________
                                         Justice Elizabeth Kerr