Harley Channelview Properties, LLC v. Harley Marine Gulf, LLC, 690 S.W.3d 32

Harley Marine Gulf leased property from Harley Channelview Properties, with an option to purchase included in the lease.
Channelview acquired the property and later claimed Harley Marine's purchase option had expired; Harley Marine disagreed and attempted to exercise the option.
When Channelview refused to convey the property, Harley Marine sued for breach of contract and sought specific performance.
The trial court granted partial summary judgment to Harley Marine, ordering Channelview to convey the property prior to final judgment, while some issues remained unresolved.
Channelview appealed, arguing the order operated as a temporary injunction; the court of appeals dismissed the appeal for lack of jurisdiction, treating the order as permanent relief and thus unappealable at that stage.
The Texas Supreme Court reviewed whether the order was truly a permanent injunction or an immediately appealable temporary injunction.

Issue	Plaintiff's Argument	Defendant's Argument	Held
Is the prejudgment order to convey property a temporary injunction?	Channelview: Yes; it commands action before final judgment and is thus appealable.	Harley Marine: No; the order is permanent and specific performance, not injunctive.	Prejudgment conveyance order is a temporary injunction; appeal is allowed.
Does the order’s lack of procedural protection alter its classification?	Channelview: Lack of bond/trial date is error, but doesn’t change its nature.	Harley Marine: Absence shows it isn’t a real temporary injunction.	Defects are error but don’t change the order’s character as a temporary injunction.
Should the trial court’s interlocutory order be shielded from interlocutory review?	Channelview: No; shielding erroneous orders defeats core appellate protections.	Harley Marine: Yes; only true temporary injunctions are appealable.	Shielding is improper; appellate review is needed for orders with injunctive effect.
Does an order’s label or its functional effect determine appealability?	Channelview: Effect matters; enforced pre-judgment merits review.	Harley Marine: Label/perceived finality matters.	Functional effect determines right to appeal.

Qwest Communications Corp. v. AT&T Corp., 24 S.W.3d 334 (Tex. 2000) (character and function of order, not form, define whether it is a temporary injunction and thus immediately appealable)
Butnaru v. Ford Motor Co., 84 S.W.3d 198 (Tex. 2002) (sets standards and protections for injunctive relief, including requirements for temporary injunctions)
Del Valle Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Lopez, 845 S.W.2d 808 (Tex. 1992) (appellate jurisdiction depends on classification of the order, not procedural labels)