{"id":4567,"date":"2024-09-18T10:42:30","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T14:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/icap\/?page_id=4567"},"modified":"2026-02-19T11:49:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T16:49:22","slug":"jolt-v-paxton","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/icap\/our-work\/promoting-good-government-voting-rights-whistleblowers-and-transparency\/jolt-v-paxton\/","title":{"rendered":"Jolt v. Paxton"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Filings<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/29\/26 \u2013 Obtained a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/icap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2026\/02\/PI-Opinion.pdf\">preliminary injunction<\/a> barring Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton from proceeding with his quo warranto action seeking to revoke Jolt&#8217;s corporate charter<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">11\/11\/25 \u2013 ICAP filed a new <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/icap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/11\/Jolt-v.-Paxton-Complaint.pdf\">lawsuit<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/icap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/11\/Jolt-v-Paxton-Motion-for-PI.pdf\">motion<\/a><\/strong> for a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">preliminary injunction<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas asking the federal court to halt the Attorney General\u2019s attempt to dissolve Jolt\u2019s charter in retaliation for its First Amendment activities<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">10\/23\/25 \u2013 The Attorney General files a motion in Texas state court (Tarrant County) requesting that the court dissolve Jolt\u2019s charter<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">10\/23\/25 \u2013 Federal court closes Jolt\u2019s case, relying upon the State\u2019s representations<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">10\/22\/25 \u2013 The Attorney General withdrew the request to examine (RTE) and secured Jolt\u2019s agreement to voluntarily dismiss its case by promising not to serve another RTE concerning the same subject matter<\/span><\/li>\n<li>10\/24\/24 &#8211; 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