Court Opinion

ID: 4042373
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-09-28 23:04:31.846921+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:58:49.340433
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In The

                               Court of Appeals
                   Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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                             NO. 09-15-00390-CV
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                       IN RE THE STATE OF TEXAS

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                            Original Proceeding
          County Court at Law No. 2 of Montgomery County, Texas
                     Trial Cause No. 14-05-05339-CV
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                                    ORDER

      The State of Texas filed a petition for writ of mandamus. The relator is the

petitioner in an eminent domain proceeding in Cause No. 14-05-05339-CV, State

of Texas v. Harper & Manning Investment Properties, LLC. Relator seeks a writ

compelling the Honorable Claudia Laird, Judge of the County Court at Law No. 2

of Montgomery County, Texas, to vacate the trial court’s Order Granting Motion

to Compel and Order Denying the State’s Motion for Protective Order, and to grant

the State’s Motion for Protective Order. We note our jurisdiction over this matter

and the parties. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221 (West 2004).

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      Relator filed a motion to stay the challenged order. See Tex. R. App. P.

52.10(a). Relator alleges that prejudice will result if it is required to disclose

information that Relator contends is protected by the consulting expert privilege

before the issues raised in the petition for writ of mandamus can be resolved.

      The Court finds temporary relief is necessary to prevent undue prejudice. It

is ORDERED that the trial court’s Order on Defendant’s Motion to Compel and

the State’s Motion for Protective Order, signed September 11, 2015, in Cause No.

14-05-05339-CV, and any discovery, depositions, or production of documents

compelled thereby, is STAYED until our Opinion issues or until further order of

this Court. See Tex. R. App. P. 52.10(b). No bond is required of the Relator as a

condition to any relief herein granted.

      The response of the real party in interest, Harper & Manning Investment

Properties, LLC, is due October 5, 2015.

      MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RELIEF GRANTED.

      ORDER ENTERED September 24, 2015.

                                                               PER CURIAM

Before Kreger, Horton, and Johnson, JJ.

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