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Timestamp: 2019-04-23 09:01:43+00:00

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Justice Green delivered the opinion of the Court [10 pages in pdf].
transferee county, we conditionally grant the writ of mandamus.
Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., 148 S.W.3d 124, 135–40 (Tex. 2004) (citing Walker v.
venue ruling, exceptional circumstances exist to justify granting mandamus relief.
refile in Fort Bend County.
vehicle of nonsuiting a case to avoid unfavorable venue rulings.
The plaintiff gets the first choice of venue by filing suit. In re Masonite Corp., 997 S.
selection, and a court must “transfer an action to another county of proper venue if .
. . the county in which the action is pending is not a proper county.” Tex. Civ. Prac.
proper venue, but that venue was proper in Williamson County.
ruled on proper venue, that decision cannot be the subject of interlocutory appeal.
Id. § 15.064(a) (“No interlocutory appeal shall lie from the determination.”); Tex. R.
Civ. P. 87(6) (“There shall be no interlocutory appeals from such determination.”).
considered.” Tex. R. Civ. P. 87(5).
Sw. Bell Tel. Co., 35 S.W.3d 602, 605 (Tex. 2000) (per curiam).
in a prior suit. Sysco Food Servs., Inc. v. Trapnell, 890 S.W.2d 796, 801 (Tex.
1994); accord Citizens Ins. Co. of Am. v. Daccach, 217 S.W.3d 430, 449 (Tex.
likewise be protected from relitigation. Cf. Wichita Falls & S. R.R. Co. v.
is treated as final in so far as it disposes of the issue as to the venue of the case. . .
simply by nonsuiting and refiling his case.
15.064 prevented that outcome. See H. H. Watson Co., 292 S.W. at 177; Ruiz v.
based on the dismissal being “deemed an admission of the merit of the plea”).
contests on the issue of venue” remains. First Nat’l Bank in Dallas v. Hannay, 67 S.
W.2d 215, 215 (Tex. 1933) (per curiam).
initial suit is governed by the venue determination in the initial suit.”); Hendrick Med.
available appellate remedy, which we address next. Compare Shell Oil, 128 S.W.
motion to transfer that venue. See Masonite, 997 S.W.2d at 197–98; Tex. R. Civ.
thereby impaired Team Rocket’s procedural rights.
as demonstrated by the court of appeals’ decisions that have already addressed it.
proceedings.” Prudential, 148 S.W.3d at 136.
meaningless proceedings and trials. See Prudential, 148 S.W.3d at 137.
S.W.2d 905, 905 (Tex. 1990) (per curiam); cf. Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. v.
integrity of the venue statute and result in an irreversible waste of resources.
We hold that Team Rocket has no adequate appellate remedy.
McAllen Medical Center, __ S.W.3d __, __ (Tex.

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