Court Opinion

ID: 9401225
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-06-12 13:09:45.995312+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:19:51.387200
License: Public Domain

Opinion issued June 6, 2023

                                        In The

                                Court of Appeals
                                       For The

                           First District of Texas
                              ————————————
                               NO. 01-22-00554-CV
                             ———————————
                            IN RE ABC NEWS, Relator

             Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus

                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

      Relator, ABC News, has filed a petition for writ of mandamus challenging (1)

the trial court’s gag order prohibiting attorneys and others involved in the underlying

litigation from speaking publicity about a range of topics related to the litigation and

(2) the trial court’s order denying ABC News’s motion to reconsider the gag order.1

We deny the petition.

                                   PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Goodman, Landau, and Rivas-Molloy.

1
      The underlying case is In re Astroworld Litigation, cause number 2021-79885,
      pending in the 11th District Court of Harris County, Texas, the Honorable Kristen
      Brauchle Hawkins presiding.