Court Opinion

ID: 9776700
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 19:42:32.454+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:32:41.523916
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Motion for Rehearing

After the issuance of our opinion on February 14, 1984, the defendants in the trial court filed a Motion for Rehearing and Motion for Rehearing en banc. Before action on the Motion for Rehearing, Relator filed a Motion to Dismiss the Motions for Rehearing on the grounds that the doctor whose deposition was ordered taken by the trial court had died on April 1, 1984, and thus the matter was moot. The defendants responded with a Conditional Motion to Withdraw the original panel opinion of February 14, 1984.
The defendants rely upon the case of Texas Foundries, Inc. v. International Moulders and Foundry Worker’s Union, 151 Tex. 239, 248 S.W.2d 460 (1952), for the proposition that our original opinion should be withdrawn. We disagree.
We had carefully considered defendant’s motions for rehearing, and had been unpersuaded that our original opinion was in error. The doctor’s unfortunate death occurred after our opinion was handed down, yet before our order on the Motion for Rehearing was issued, thus the Order of Mandamus has become moot.
Relator’s Motion to Dismiss defendant’s motions for rehearing on the ground that the question is now moot is granted, and the order of Mandamus is withdrawn.
Defendant’s Conditional Motion to Withdraw Panel Opinion is overruled.