Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-01-29 09:12:45.290711+00
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Motion GRANTED and Order filed January 26, 2023.

                                     In The

                    Fourteenth Court of Appeals
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                              NO. 14-23-00046-CV
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IN RE ELAINE T. MARSHALL, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS CO-TRUSTEE
           OF THE HARRIER AND FALCON TRUSTS, Relator

                          ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
                            WRIT OF MANDAMUS
                              Probate Court No, 4
                              Harris County, Texas
                       Trial Court Cause No. 365,053-404

                                    ORDER

      On January 26, 2023, relator Elaine T. Marshall, Individually and as Co-
Trustee of the Harrier and Falcon Trusts, filed a petition for writ of mandamus in
this court. Relator asks this court to order the Honorable James Horowitz, Judge of
the Probate Court No 4, in Harris County, Texas, to grant relator’s motion to enter
an order staying the trial court proceedings until entry of final judgment in the
Louisiana action in trial court number 365,053-404, styled Preston Marshall v.
Elaine T. Marshall, et al. Alternatively, relator requests that we direct the trial court
to enter an order continuing the proceedings related to Preston Marshall’s motion
for summary judgment, pending the Louisiana Supreme Court’s disposition of all
timely writ applications arising from the Third Circuit Court of Appeals’ judgment
on the injunction in the Louisiana action.

        Relator has also filed a motion for temporary stay of proceedings below. See
Tex. R. App. P. 52.8(b), 52.10. On January 26, 2023, relator asked this court to stay
proceedings in the trial court pending a decision on the petition for writ of
mandamus.

        It appears from the facts stated in the petition and motion that relator’s request
for relief requires further consideration and that relator will be prejudiced unless
immediate temporary relief is granted. We therefore GRANT relator’s motion and
issue the following order:

        We ORDER (1) the January 27, 2023 status conference; and (2) the January
30, 2023 summary judgment response deadline; and (3) the February 6, 2023
submission hearing on the motion for summary judgment filed by Preston Marshall
in trial court cause number 365,053-404, Preston Marshall v. Elaine T. Marshall, et
al., STAYED until a final decision by this court on relator’s petition for writ of
mandamus, or until further order of this court.

        In addition, the court requests real parties in interest file to a response to the
petition for writ of mandamus on or before February 10, 2023. See Tex. R. App. P.
52.4.

                                     PER CURIAM

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Panel consists of Justices Wise, Jewell, and Poissant.

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