Tex. R. Jud. Admin. 13.9

As amended through August 27, 2024

Rule 13.9 - Review

(a)MDL Panel Decision. An order of the MDL Panel, including one granting or denying a motion for transfer, may be reviewed only by the Supreme Court in an original proceeding.

(b)Orders by the Trial Court and Pretrial Court. An order or judgment of the trial court or pretrial court may be reviewed by the appellate court that regularly reviews orders of the court in which the case is pending at the time review is sought, irrespective of whether that court issued the order or judgment to be reviewed. A case involving such review may not be transferred for purposes of docket equalization among appellate courts.

(c)Review Expedited. An appellate court must expedite review of an order or judgment in a case pending in a pretrial court.

Tex. R. Jud. Admin. 13.9

Comment - 2005

Subsection (b) is amended and subsection (c) is added to clarify the handling of appeals by appellate courts. Subsection (b) forbids transfer for docket equalization but not for other purposes that might arise. Subsection (c) does not require that an appeal from an order or judgment of a case pending in a pretrial court be treated as an accelerated appeal under the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure if it would otherwise not be accelerated. Rather, subsection (c) requires expedited consideration by the appellate court regardless of whether review is sought by an appeal that is or is not accelerated, or by mandamus.

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