Houston ISD trustees won a round in court Wednesday when in a 2-1 vote, the Third District Court of Appeals upheld a temporary injunction barring Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath from ousting the HISD board and replacing it with one of his own choosing.
The justices voting to uphold the injunction — Republican Chief Justice Jeff Rose and Democrat Grisela D. Triana who wrote the majority opinion — said that Morath hadn't followed his agency's own rules before declaring he was ready to move in to wipe the slate clean with his own appointments. Republican Justice Thomas J. Baker disagreed and issued a dissenting opinion, saying he thought Morath was justified in his actions and working within the state regulations as written.