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Opinion issued February 22, 2024

                                       In The

                               Court of Appeals
                                      For The

                           First District of Texas
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                               NO. 01-24-00043-CV
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    IN RE DICKINSON FORTY, LLC, BINNACLE DEVELOPMENT, LLC,
                   AND JERRY LEBLANC, Relators

            Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus

                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

      The parties have filed a joint motion to dismiss the petition for writ of

mandamus because the trial court signed an amended order on January 25, 2024,

permitting relators to replead their motion to designate responsible third party.1

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      The underlying case is Lexington 26, L.P. D/B/A Colina Homes v. Dickinson
      Forty, LLC, Binnacle Development, LLC, Jerry LeBlanc, and Adams Homes Lone
      Star, LLC, cause number 21-CV-0871, pending in the 405th District Court of
      Galveston County, Texas, the Honorable Jared Robinson presiding.
      “A case becomes moot if, since the time of filing, there has ceased to exist a

justiciable controversy between the parties—that is, if the issues presented are no

longer ‘live,’ or if the parties lack a legally cognizable interest in the outcome.”

Heckman v. Williamson Cty., 369 S.W.3d 137, 162 (Tex. 2012). If a case has

become moot, the court must dismiss. See id. Because relators have received the

relief they sought in their petition for writ of mandamus, the petition is moot and

must be dismissed. See In re Prosperity Bank, No. 01-22-00382-CV, 2022 WL

2919941, at *1 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] July 26, 2022, orig. proceeding)

(mem. op.).

      We grant the motion and dismiss the petition as moot. Any pending motions

are also dismissed as moot.

                                 PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Justices Kelly, Countiss, and Rivas-Molloy.

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