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DISCOVERY MANDAMUS PROCEEDINGS (TEXAS SUPREME COURT)
In Re Union Pacific Railroad Co. No. 08-0740 (Tex. Sep. 25,2009)(per curiam)
(discovery mandamus granted to protect trade secrets, privilege, pricing information)
IN RE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY; from Bexar County;
4th district (04-08-00388-CV, ___ SW3d ___, 08-20-08)
Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 52.8(c), without hearing oral argument, the Court
conditionally grants the petition for writ of mandamus.
Per Curiam Opinion
View Electronic Briefs | Oral Argument N/A
In Re Weekley Homes, LP. No. 08-0836 (Tex. Aug. 28, 2009)(O'Neill)
(discovery mandamus, order to facilitate recovery of deleted emails from computer)
IN RE WEEKLEY HOMES, L.P.; from Dallas County;
5th district (05-08-01249-CV, ___ SW3d ___, 09-24-08)
The Court conditionally grants the petition for writ of mandamus.
Justice O'Neill delivered the opinion of the Court.
DISCOVERY MANDAMUS GRANTED TO VACATE PROTECTIVE ORDER IN MED-MAL SUIT
In re Lester Collins, MD, No. 07-0737 (Tex. Jun. 5, 2009)(O'Neill)
(court grants discovery mandamus brought by doctor; protective order lifted covering ex parte contacts with
witnesses)(medical health care information privacy, patient's release as condition of bringing med-mal suit,
no HIPAA preemption)
IN RE LESTER COLLINS, M.D.; from Smith County; 12th district
(12-06-00078-CV, 224 SW3d 798, 05-14-07)
The Court conditionally grants the petition for writ of mandamus.
Justice O'Neill delivered the opinion of the Court.
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In Re Houston Pipeline Co., LP, No. 08-0800 (Tex. 2009)(per curiam) (discovery orders and motion to
compel arbitration) (trial court ordered to rule on pending motion to compel arbitration, and to lift discovery
orders that were entered in the interim).
IN RE HOUSTON PIPE LINE COMPANY, L.P., ET AL.; from Victoria County;
13th district (13-07-00299-CV & 13-07-00362-CV, 269 SW3d 90,
08-26-08 Opinion of the Thirteenth Court of Appeals)
stay order issued October 17, 2008, lifted
Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 52.8(c), without hearing oral argument, the Court
conditionally grants the petition for writ of mandamus.
Per Curiam Opinion [pdf]
In re Kiberu, No. 07-0959 (Tex. Aug. 29, 2008)(per curiam)(presuit discovery mandamus)
In Re Jorden, M.D., No. 06-0369 (Tex. Mar. 28, 2008)(Brister)
(HCLC, MedMal, permissibility of presuit discovery, Rule 202 deposition)
Justice O'Neill delivered a concurring opinion
In re BP Products North America, Inc., No. 07-0119 (Tex. Jan. 25, 2008)(Gaultney, sitting by assignment)
(discovery dispute, apex deposition, Rule 11 agreement, motion to quash notice of deposition, protective
order, discovery mandamus granted)
IN RE BP PRODUCTS NORTH AMERICA, INC.; from Galveston County; 1st district (01-06-00943 CV, ___
S.W.3d ___, 02-09-2007)
Opinion below: In re BP Products North America Inc., (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Feb. 9, 2007)(per curiam)
motion to dismiss mandamus as moot, denied
stay order issued February 22, 2007, lifted
The Court conditionally grants the petition for writ of mandamus. [Trial court judge: Susan Criss]
Justice Gaultney delivered the opinion of the Court.
(Justice Gaultney sitting by commission pursuant to Section 22.005 of the Texas Government Code)
(Justice O'Neill not sitting)