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Orders Pronounced November 25, 2008

MISCELLANEOUS

THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS IS DENIED:

08‑0942          

IN RE NL EMS, ET AL.; from Dallas County; 5th district (05‑08‑01180‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 09‑17‑08)
motion for temporary relief denied
THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR REVIEW IS DISMISSED:
08‑0549          

RAY M. BOWEN, ET AL. v. JACQUELYNN KAY SELF, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATIX OF THE
ESTATE OF JERRY DON SELF, DECEASED; ET. AL.; from Brazos County; 10th district
(10‑05‑00295‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 05‑28‑08)
petitioner's motion to dismiss granted
(Justice Willett not sitting)

ORDERS ON MOTIONS FOR REHEARING

THE MOTION FOR REHEARING OF THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR REVIEW IS
DISMISSED:

08‑0348          

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION v. STACEY BURRY; from Wise County; 2nd district
(02‑05‑00216‑CV, 203 SW3d 514, 09‑21‑06)
abatement order issued May 9, 2008, lifted
joint motion to lift abatement and dismiss motion for rehearing granted

THE MOTIONS FOR REHEARING OF THE FOLLOWING PETITIONS FOR REVIEW ARE
DENIED:

07‑0863          
IHOR GEORGE KUPCHYNSKY, MELISSA TWOMEY KUPCHYNSKY, AND FGH HOMEBUILDERS, INC.
v. WILLIAM V. NARDIELLO AND LAREE CARAMELLA; from Dallas County; 5th district
(05‑05‑01134‑CV, 230 SW3d 685, 06‑06‑07)

08‑0141          
MARY C. ACOSTA v. HEMLATA CHHEDA, D.D.S.; from Harris County; 1st district (01‑07‑00398‑CV,
___ SW3d ___, 11‑01‑07)

08‑0284          
ERNEST BUSTOS v. SCHWABE, WILLIAMSON & WYATT, P.C.; from Bexar County; 4th district
(04‑07‑00081‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 01‑23‑08)

08‑0326          
KEN E. MACKEY v. GREAT LAKES INVESTMENT, INC. AND GREAT LAKES INTERESTS, INC.; from
Zapata County; 4th district (04‑06‑00277‑CV, 255 SW3d 243, 03‑12‑08)

08‑0349          
HECTOR HINOJOSA, JR. v. CITIBANK (SOUTH DAKOTA), N.A.; from Dallas County; 5th district
(05‑07‑00059‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 03‑04‑08)

08‑0424          
WAYNE ERNEST BARKER v. STEVEN R. HALBERT, ET AL.; from Cherokee County; 6th district
(06‑08‑00045‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 05‑06‑08)

08‑0545          
LAURANCE KRIEGEL v. PARMER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, ET AL.; from Parmer County
2 motions for rehearing

THE MOTIONS FOR REHEARING OF THE FOLLOWING PETITIONS FOR WRIT OF
MANDAMUS ARE DENIED:

08‑0519          
IN RE JANICE M. WILKERSON; from Harris County; 14th district (14‑08‑00376‑CV, ___ SW3d ___,
06‑06‑08)
relator's motion for immediate temporary relief dismissed as moot

08‑0791          
IN RE LANAYE JULIAN; from Cameron County; 13th district (13‑08‑00363‑CV, ___ SW3d ___,
06‑19‑08)
as supplemented

THE MOTION FOR REHEARING OF THE FOLLOWING DISCIPLINARY APPEAL IS
DENIED:

08‑0306          
WILLLIAM J. SAMES, III v. COMMISSION FOR LAWYER DISCIPLINE

MISCELLANEOUS

THE FOLLOWING PETITIONS FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS ARE DENIED:

08‑0590          
IN RE WYATT NORMAN; from Rusk County; 12th district (12‑08‑00126‑CV, 257 SW3d 452, 06‑11‑08)

08‑0596          
IN RE BRIAN ARMSTRONG AND SHAWNDI LYNN HATFIELD; from Tarrant County; 2nd district
(02‑08‑00166‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 04‑25‑08)

08‑0798          
IN RE RUBIO ROBERTO MONTENEGRO; from Potter County; 7th district (07‑08‑00350‑CV, ___ SW3d
___, 09‑11‑08)

08‑0815          
IN RE PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY AND PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES USA,
INC.; from Harris County; 14th district (14‑08‑00655‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 09‑25‑08)
relator's motion to stay underlying proceedings denied

08‑0854          
IN RE KEVIN LYNN REVELS; from Houston County; 12th district (12‑93‑00325‑CR, ___ SW3d ___,
06‑29‑95)

08‑0856          
IN RE SAN JUANITA SANDOVAL MORAN; from Hidalgo County; 13th district (13‑08‑00517‑CV, ___
SW3d ___, 09‑03‑08)

08‑0869          
IN RE DEREK M. BAILEY; from Guadalupe County; 4th district (04‑07‑00593‑CV, ___ SW3d ___,
05‑14‑08)

Orders Pronounced November 21, 2008

THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR REVIEW IS DISMISSED:

08‑0549          
RAY M. BOWEN, ET AL. v. JACQUELYNN KAY SELF, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATIX OF THE
ESTATE OF JERRY DON SELF, DECEASED; ET. AL.; from Brazos County; 10th district
(10‑05‑00295‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 05‑28‑08)
petitioner's motion to dismiss granted
(Justice Willett not sitting)
   
ORDERS ON MOTIONS FOR REHEARING

THE MOTION FOR REHEARING OF THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR REVIEW IS
DISMISSED:

08‑0348          
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION v. STACEY BURRY; from Wise County; 2nd district
(02‑05‑00216‑CV, 203 SW3d 514, 09‑21‑06)
abatement order issued May 9, 2008, lifted
joint motion to lift abatement and dismiss motion for rehearing granted

THE MOTIONS FOR REHEARING OF THE FOLLOWING PETITIONS FOR REVIEW ARE
DENIED:

07‑0863          
IHOR GEORGE KUPCHYNSKY, MELISSA TWOMEY KUPCHYNSKY, AND FGH HOMEBUILDERS, INC.
v. WILLIAM V. NARDIELLO AND LAREE CARAMELLA; from Dallas County; 5th district
(05‑05‑01134‑CV, 230 SW3d 685, 06‑06‑07)

08‑0141          
MARY C. ACOSTA v. HEMLATA CHHEDA, D.D.S.; from Harris County; 1st district (01‑07‑00398‑CV,
___ SW3d ___, 11‑01‑07)

08‑0284          
ERNEST BUSTOS v. SCHWABE, WILLIAMSON & WYATT, P.C.; from Bexar County; 4th district
(04‑07‑00081‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 01‑23‑08)

08‑0326          
KEN E. MACKEY v. GREAT LAKES INVESTMENT, INC. AND GREAT LAKES INTERESTS, INC.; from
Zapata County; 4th district (04‑06‑00277‑CV, 255 SW3d 243, 03‑12‑08)

08‑0349          
HECTOR HINOJOSA, JR. v. CITIBANK (SOUTH DAKOTA), N.A.; from Dallas County; 5th district
(05‑07‑00059‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 03‑04‑08)

08‑0424          
WAYNE ERNEST BARKER v. STEVEN R. HALBERT, ET AL.; from Cherokee County; 6th district
(06‑08‑00045‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 05‑06‑08)

08‑0545          
LAURANCE KRIEGEL v. PARMER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, ET AL.; from Parmer County
2 motions for rehearing

THE MOTIONS FOR REHEARING OF THE FOLLOWING PETITIONS FOR WRIT OF
MANDAMUS ARE DENIED:

08‑0519          
IN RE JANICE M. WILKERSON; from Harris County; 14th district (14‑08‑00376‑CV, ___ SW3d ___,
06‑06‑08)
relator's motion for immediate temporary relief dismissed as moot

08‑0791          
IN RE LANAYE JULIAN; from Cameron County; 13th district (13‑08‑00363‑CV, ___ SW3d ___,
06‑19‑08) as supplemented

THE MOTION FOR REHEARING OF THE FOLLOWING DISCIPLINARY APPEAL IS
DENIED:

08‑0306          
WILLLIAM J. SAMES, III v. COMMISSION FOR LAWYER DISCIPLINE

MISCELLANEOUS

THE FOLLOWING PETITIONS FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS ARE DENIED:

08‑0590          
IN RE WYATT NORMAN; from Rusk County; 12th district (12‑08‑00126‑CV, 257 SW3d 452, 06‑11‑08)

08‑0596          
IN RE BRIAN ARMSTRONG AND SHAWNDI LYNN HATFIELD; from Tarrant County; 2nd district
(02‑08‑00166‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 04‑25‑08)

08‑0798          
IN RE RUBIO ROBERTO MONTENEGRO; from Potter County; 7th district (07‑08‑00350‑CV, ___ SW3d
___, 09‑11‑08)

08‑0815          
IN RE PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY AND PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES USA,
INC.; from Harris County; 14th district (14‑08‑00655‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 09‑25‑08)
relator's motion to stay underlying proceedings denied

08‑0854          
IN RE KEVIN LYNN REVELS; from Houston County; 12th district (12‑93‑00325‑CR, ___ SW3d ___,
06‑29‑95)

08‑0856          
IN RE SAN JUANITA SANDOVAL MORAN; from Hidalgo County; 13th district (13‑08‑00517‑CV, ___
SW3d ___, 09‑03‑08)

08‑0869          
IN RE DEREK M. BAILEY; from Guadalupe County; 4th district (04‑07‑00593‑CV, ___ SW3d ___,
05‑14‑08)

ORDERS ISSUED NOVEMBER 14, 2008

THE MOTIONS FOR REHEARING OF THE FOLLOWING CAUSES ARE DENIED:

05‑0466          
COASTAL OIL & GAS CORPORATION AND COASTAL OIL & GAS USA, L.P. v. GARZA ENERGY
TRUST, ET AL.; from Hidalgo County; 13th district (13‑02‑00136‑CV, 166 SW3d 301, 05‑05‑05)
(
Judge Tracy Christopher and Justice Robert Pemberton sitting by appointment pursuant to section
22.005 of the Texas Government Code)
(Justice O'Neill and Justice Wainwright not sitting)

06‑0178          
FOREST OIL CORPORATION AND DANIEL B. WORDEN v. JAMES ARGYLE MCALLEN, EL RUCIO
LAND AND CATTLE COMPANY, INC., SAN JUANITO LAND PARTNERSHIP, AND MCALLEN TRUST
PARTNERSHIP; from Hidalgo County; 13th district (13‑05‑00419‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 12‑15‑05)
as supplemented

07‑0091          
TRAMMELL CROW CENTRAL TEXAS, LTD. v. MARIA GUTIERREZ, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF LUIS GUTIERREZ; AND KAROL FERMAN AS NATURAL
PARENT AND AS NEXT FRIEND OF LUIS ANGEL GUTIERREZ; from Bexar County; 4th district
(04‑05‑00056‑CV, 220 SW3d 33, 12‑20‑06)

07‑0147          
IN RE CALLA DAVIS, MELVIN HURST III, AND ANN B. HEARN; 5th district (05‑07‑00198‑CV, ___ SW3d
___, 02‑22‑07)

07‑0639          
DON'S BUILDING SUPPLY, INC. v. ONEBEACON INSURANCE COMPANY, AS ASSIGNEE OF
POTOMAC INSURANCE COMPANY OF ILLINOIS

ORDERS ON MOTIONS FOR REHEARING

THE MOTIONS FOR REHEARING OF THE FOLLOWING PETITIONS FOR REVIEW ARE
DENIED:

07‑0503          
ZENITH INSURANCE COMPANY v. ROSAURA O. LOPEZ; from Midland County; 11th district
(11‑06‑00086‑CV, 229SW3d 775, 05‑17‑07)

08‑0434          
DONALD M. SHANNON, ET UX. AND DOUGLAS L. SHANNON v. PAUL PEYTON BARBEE D/B/A
BARBEE & COMPANY; from Leon County; 10th district (10‑06‑00414‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 03‑26‑08)


MISCELLANEOUS

THE FOLLOWING PETITIONS FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS ARE DENIED:

08‑0554          
IN RE NORTH EAST INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT; from Travis County; 3rd district
(03‑07‑00603‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 12‑11‑07)

08‑0615          
IN RE FOUR SEVENS OIL COMPANY, LTD., HUNTER PRODUCTIONS CO., PARROT GAS CO., LTD.,
DALE RESOURCES, L.L.C. AND SINCLAIR OIL CORP.; from Dallas County; 5th district
(05‑08‑00768‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 07‑17‑08)

08‑0756          
IN RE SHAMOUN & NORMAN, LLP F/K/A SHAMOUN KLATSKY NORMAN, A REGISTERED LIMITED
LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP; from Dallas County; 5th district (05‑08‑00978‑CV, ___ SW3d ___, 08‑12‑08)

08‑0764          
IN RE HAN NARA ENTERPRISES, L.P.; from Midland County; 11th district (11‑08‑00147‑CV, ___ SW3d
___, 07‑31‑08)


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