Court Opinion

ID: 9645913
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 21:40:01.631194+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:11:04.838608
License: Public Domain

CULVER, Justice,
dissenting.
I respectfully dissent for the reasons expressed in the concurring opinions of Justices Ray and Gonzalez. I would hold that the assignment of Judge Preslar was the joint act of both the presiding judge and the Chief Justice, and therefore valid. Further, I believe the 70th Legislature repealed the objection statute, Tex.Gov’t Code Ann. § 74.053 (Vernon 1988). Hence, the Land Commissioner had no right to object to the valid assignment of Judge Preslar. I would deny the petition for writ of mandamus.