Tracker record · Texas · Petition; partial summary judgment
Texas v. TikTok (DTPA)
The Attorney General's DTPA action against TikTok and ByteDance, filed January 2025. On September 10, 2026 the 250th District Court, Travis County (Judge Cory Liu) granted partial summary judgment finding liability on two DTPA claims (content-removal misrepresentations and Restricted Mode misrepresentations). Penalties and remaining claims were set for an October 2026 trial. On September 29, 2026 the Fifteenth Court of Appeals (No. 15-26-00172-CV) ordered that all trial-court proceedings be stayed until the court reaches a final decision on TikTok's stay motions or until further order (TikTok argues it may seek interlocutory review as electronic media under Texas law; the court said it needs more time to decide whether a longer stay is warranted). The stay is procedural only and does not alter the September 10 liability finding. No later disposition of the stay motions appears in the sources reviewed as of October 13, 2026.
Status
- Legal status
- Liability found on two claims September 10, 2026; all trial-court proceedings temporarily stayed by the September 29, 2026 appellate order pending the court's decision on the stay motions; no later disposition in the sources reviewed as of October 13, 2026 (Filed January 2025; partial summary judgment September 10, 2026 (Judge Cory Liu, 250th District Court, Travis County); September 29, 2026 order in No. 15-26-00172-CV stays all trial-court proceedings until the Fifteenth Court of Appeals reaches a final decision on TikTok's stay motions or until further order)
- Allegation or finding
- Liability finding on two DTPA claims; penalties not decided
- Enforceability
- Liability found on two claims; penalties not yet assessed; trial-court proceedings temporarily stayed pending the appellate court's decision on the stay motions
- Procedural posture
- Partial summary judgment on liability (September 10, 2026), a separate established fact; all trial-court proceedings stayed by the Fifteenth Court of Appeals' September 29, 2026 order in No. 15-26-00172-CV, pending the court's decision on the stay motions; no later disposition in the sources reviewed as of October 13, 2026
- Law checked through
- October 13, 2026
- Primary source
- https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/press/TikTok%201%20Ruling.pdf
- Citation
- DTPA, Tex. Bus. & Com. Code ch. 17, subch. E
- Court
- 250th District Court, Travis County (Judge Cory Liu)
- Docket
- Trial: No. D-1-GN-25-003118 (250th District Court, Travis County); appellate stay: No. 15-26-00172-CV (Tex. App.-Austin [15th Dist.])
- Parties
- State of Texas v. TikTok Inc., et al.
- Source
- AG copy of the order; Law Commentary; Bloomberg Law
Procedural events
- 2026-09-10: Partial summary judgment granted: liability on two DTPA claims (content-removal and Restricted Mode misrepresentations)
- 2026-09-29: Fifteenth Court of Appeals (No. 15-26-00172-CV) stays all trial-court proceedings until the court reaches a final decision on TikTok's stay motions or until further order; no later disposition in the sources reviewed as of October 13, 2026