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Date Created: 2023-10-08 07:10:49.1527+00
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Motion Granted, Stay Lifted, Petition for Writ of Mandamus Dismissed and
Memorandum Opinion filed October 5, 2023.

                                    In The

                   Fourteenth Court of Appeals

                              NO. 14-23-00488-CV

 IN RE EXXON MOBIL CORP., EXXON MOBIL OIL CORP., & EXXON
         MOBIL RESEARCH & ENGINEERING CO., Relators

                        ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
                          WRIT OF MANDAMUS
                             334th District Court
                            Harris County, Texas
                      Trial Court Cause No. 2022-13735

                       MEMORANDUM OPINION

      On July 14, 2023, relators Exxon Mobil Corp., Exxon Mobil Oil Corp., &
Exxon Mobil Research & Engineering Co. 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, relators ask this Court to compel the Honorable Dawn Rogers,
presiding judge of the 334th District Court of Harris County, to vacate the trial
court’s June 26, 2023 order granting plaintiffs’ motion to compel production of “22
document categories withing 21 days of the date of the order (Monday, July 17,
2023).”

      Relators also filed an emergency motion for temporary stay of proceedings
below, which the Court granted on July 17, 2023.

      On September 29, 2023, relators and real parties in interest filed a joint
motion to dismiss the petition for writ of mandamus. The parties’ joint motion to
dismiss is granted.

      We dismiss relators’ petition for writ of mandamus as moot. Additionally,
our July 17, 2023 stay is lifted.

                                      PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Jewell, Hassan, and Wilson.

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