Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-04-09 08:11:55.94898+00
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Petition for Writ of Mandamus Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed
April 6, 2023.

                                     In The

                    Fourteenth Court of Appeals

                               NO. 14-22-00793-CV

  IN RE CLARK EQUIPMENT COMPANY D/B/A BOBCAT COMPANY,
                         Relator

                        ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
                          WRIT OF MANDAMUS
                             269th District Court
                            Harris County, Texas
                      Trial Court Cause No. 2019-69076

                        MEMORANDUM OPINION

      On October 28, 2022, relator Clark Equipment Company d/b/a Bobcat
Company (“CEC” or “relator”) filed a petition for writ of mandamus in this Court.
See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221; see also Tex. R. App. P. 52. In the petition,
relator asks this Court to compel the Honorable Cory Don Sepolio, presiding judge
of the 269th District Court of Harris County, to vacate three pretrial discovery
orders relating to discovery of CEC’s current net worth. On November 1, 2022,
this Court granted relator’s motion for temporary relief and stayed the trial court’s
order requiring the production of net worth evidence by CEC.

      In January 2023, the underlying matter proceeded to trial. On March 24,
2023, the trial court conducted a hearing on post-trial motions. In response to this
Court’s inquiry as to the status of the underlying proceedings, by letter dated
March 29, 2023, relator’s counsel advised this Court that it is unopposed to
dismissal of its petition for writ of mandamus.

      Accordingly, we dismiss relator’s petition for writ of mandamus.
Additionally, we lift our November 1, 2022 stay.

                                       PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Chief Justice Christopher and Justices Zimmerer and Wilson.

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