Texas | Process
Texas v. O’Rourke
Last Updated Sep 3, 2025
Case No. 348-367652-25 (Tex. Dist. Ct., Tarrant Cnty.), No. 2025DCV3641 (Tex. Dist. Ct., El Paso Cnty.), No. 15-25-00140-CV (Tex. Ct. App.), No. 25-0740 (Tex. S. Ct.)
Cycle 2020
Case Information
A petition to prevent Beto O’Rourke from raising money to support the Texas legislators fleeing the state in a quorum break to prevent Texas’s proposed mid-decade gerrymander.
On Aug. 8, 2025, and Aug. 15, 2025, a Tarrant County trial court issued a TRO preventing O’Rourke from fundraising; on Aug. 19, 2025, an El Paso trial court issued a TRO preventing the state from taking steps to revoke the license of O’Rourke’s nonprofit, Powered by People. On Aug. 26, 2025, a state appellate court issued an administrative stay temporarily blocking further proceedings in Tarrant County pending a determination of appropriate jurisdiction; the next day, the state supreme court denied the state’s petition for mandamus.
History
Case filings, starting with most recent court| Name | Last Modified | ||
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State's petition | Aug 8, 2025 | |
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TRO preventing fundraising | Aug 8, 2025 |
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Amd. petition | Aug 12, 2025 | |
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State's motion for contempt | Aug 12, 2025 | |
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Hearing transcript | Aug 14, 2025 | |
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Order denying transfer of venue | Aug 15, 2025 | |
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Amd. TRO restraining fundraising | Aug 15, 2025 | |
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Order denying dissolution of TRO | Aug 19, 2025 | |
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Petition for TRO | Aug 20, 2025 | |
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TRO restraining El Paso proceedings | Aug 25, 2025 |
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Petition to restrain AG | Aug 8, 2025 | |
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AG's response | Aug 11, 2025 | |
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Amd. petition to restrain AG | Aug 11, 2025 | |
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Transcript of TRO hearing | Aug 13, 2025 | |
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TRO preventing license withdrawal | Aug 19, 2025 | |
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Notice of appeal | Aug 22, 2025 |
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Petition for mandamus | Aug 25, 2025 | |
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Appendix | Aug 25, 2025 | |
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Motion for emergency relief | Aug 25, 2025 | |
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Admin. stay | Aug 26, 2025 |
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Continued stay | Sep 3, 2025 |
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State's letter to court | Aug 26, 2025 | |
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Petition for mandamus | Aug 26, 2025 | |
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Order denying mandamus | Aug 27, 2025 |
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