TRANSAMERICAN NATURAL GAS CORP. v. POWELL

No. C-9294.

811 S.W.2d 913 (1991)

TRANSAMERICAN NATURAL GAS CORPORATION, Relator, v. Hon. William R. POWELL, Judge of the 80th District Court of Harris County, Texas, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

June 19, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Kronzer, Don Henderson, Robert V. Holland, Jr., John C. Nabors, Karen Zuckerman, Bill Jones, Kenneth E. McKay and Joe H. Reynolds, Houston, for relator.

Michael C. Feehan, Beverly Arleen Sandifer, G. Byron Sims, Daniel J. Kasprzak, Jonathan C.S. Cox, Ann Ryan Robertson and Donald F. Hawbaker, Houston, for respondent.


OPINION

HECHT, Justice.

In this original mandamus proceeding, TransAmerican Natural Gas Corporation seeks to compel the Hon. William R. Powell, Judge of the 80th District Court, to set aside his orders imposing sanctions for discovery abuse. The district court struck TransAmerican's pleadings, dismissed its action against Toma Steel Supply, Inc., and granted Toma an interlocutory default judgment on its counterclaim against TransAmerican, reserving for trial...

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