CROWN CENT. PETROLEUM CORP. v. GARCIA

No. 95-0174.

904 S.W.2d 125 (1995)

CROWN CENTRAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION and Crown Central Pipe Line Company, Relators, v. The Honorable Carolyn GARCIA, Judge, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided June 29, 1995.

Rehearing Overruled August 1, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack G. Carnegie, James L. Moore and M. Michael Meyer, Houston, for relators.

John E. Williams, Jr., Eric Bogdan, John E. Williams, Jr. and Richard N. Countiss, Houston, for respondent.


HIGHTOWER, Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court, in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, and GONZALEZ, HECHT, CORNYN, ENOCH, SPECTOR and OWEN, Justices, join.

GAMMAGE, Justice, notes his dissent.

In this original proceeding, we consider the propriety of an "apex" deposition, the deposition of a corporate officer at the apex of the corporate hierarchy. Relators Crown Central Petroleum Corporation and Crown Central Pipe Line Company seek a writ of mandamus...

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