Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-11-15 07:09:53.890154+00
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DISMISS and Opinion Filed November 9, 2023

                                   S   In The
                            Court of Appeals
                     Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
                               No. 05-23-00248-CV

                        COAST CYCLE, LLC, Appellant
                                  V.
                        DW OAK LAWN, LLC, Appellee

               On Appeal from the 192nd Judicial District Court
                            Dallas County, Texas
                    Trial Court Cause No. DC-22-13539

                        MEMORANDUM OPINION
      Before Chief Justice Burns, Justice Pedersen, III, and Justice Goldstein
                         Opinion by Chief Justice Burns
      Coast Cycle, LLC appeals from an order dissolving a temporary injunction.

Asserting we lack jurisdiction over the appeal, DW Oak Lawn, LLC has filed a

motion to dismiss the appeal.      For reasons stated below, we agree we lack

jurisdiction, grant the motion, and dismiss the appeal.

                                    Background

      Coast Cycle leased premises for its cycling studio from DW Oak Lawn.

After DW Oak Lawn sent Coast Cycle a default notice related to the volume of the

music played during its cycling classes and requesting that it vacate the premises,
Coast Cycle filed a petition asserting several causes of action and an application

for temporary and permanent injunctions to prohibit DW Oak Lawn from locking

it out of the premises or in any way defaulting it under the lease for emitting music

at levels reasonably similar to any other indoor cycling studio. After initially

granting a temporary injunction on December 14, 2022, the trial court, on February

23, 2023, dismissed Coast Cycle’s application for injunctive relief and dissolved

the temporary injunction. Coast Cycle appealed.

       On March 10, 2023, DW Oak Lawn locked Coast Cycle out of the

premises.1 DW Oak Lawn then terminated Coast Cycle’s lease and entered into a

lease for the premises with a new tenant.

                                             The Law

         The purpose of a temporary injunction is to maintain the status quo. See

Butnaru v. Ford Motor Co., 84 S.W.3d 198, 204 (Tex. 2002). An appeal regarding

a temporary injunction becomes moot when the status quo can no longer be

maintained. See Las Palmas Plaza, Inc. v. City of Port Isabel, 665 S.W.2d 855,

855–56 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 1984, no writ) (appeal challenging denial of

application for temporary injunction to prevent construction of wall moot where

wall had been constructed). Appellate courts lack jurisdiction to decide moot

   1
      Coast Cycle challenged the lockout in justice court and obtained a writ of re-entry. DW Oak Lawn
obtained an order dissolving the writ of re-entry. That ruling is currently on de novo review in county
court.

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controversies.   See Olley v. HVM, LLC, 449 S.W.3d 572, 575 (Tex. App.—

Houston [14th Dist.] 2014, pet. denied).

                                    Discussion

       Coast Cycle appeals the trial court’s interlocutory order dissolving a

temporary injunction that prohibited DW Oak Lawn from locking it out of the

leased premises. As noted above, DW Oak Lawn subsequently locked Coast Cycle

out of the premises, terminated the lease, and entered into a lease for the premises

with a new tenant. Any reversal of the trial court’s order dissolving the temporary

injunction would have no effect because the action sought to be enjoined has

already occurred.

       We conclude this appeal is moot, grant appellee’s motion, and dismiss the

appeal and all pending motions. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a); Olley, 449 S.W.3d at

575.

                                              /Robert D. Burns, III/
                                              ROBERT D. BURNS, III
230248F.P05                                   CHIEF JUSTICE

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                               S
                         Court of Appeals
                  Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
                              JUDGMENT

COAST CYCLE, LLC, Appellant               On Appeal from the 192nd Judicial
                                          District Court, Dallas County, Texas
No. 05-23-00248-CV      V.                Trial Court Cause No. DC-22-13539.
                                          Opinion delivered by Chief Justice
DW OAK LAWN, LLC, Appellee                Burns. Justices Pedersen, III and
                                          Goldstein participating.

    In accordance with this Court’s opinion of this date, the appeal is
DISMISSED.

       It is ORDERED that appellee DW OAK LAWN, LLC recover its costs of
this appeal from appellant COAST CYCLE, LLC.

Judgment entered November 9, 2023

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