REPUBLIC ROYALTY CO. v. EVINS

Nos. 13-96-309-CV, 13-96-319-CV.

931 S.W.2d 338 (1996)

REPUBLIC ROYALTY COMPANY, Relator, v. The Honorable Joe B. EVINS, Judge, 206th Judicial District Court, Hidalgo County, Texas, Respondent. Pedro ALONSO, Jr., et al., Relators, v. The Honorable Micaela ALVAREZ, Judge, 139th Judicial District Court, Hidalgo County, Texas, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Overruled August 29, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank E. Weathered, Dunn & Weathered, Corpus Christi, Richard D. Sullivan, Ann Catherine Grandich, Scarromanno & Clegg, L.L.P., Houston, Ronald O. Holman, Holman, Robertson, Eldridge, Dallas, Dan C. Perry, Luke C. Kellogg, Jon Christian Amberson, Jack Paul Leon, San Antonio, Francisco J. Rodriguez, Rodriguez, Prunedo, Tovar, Enriquez & Calvillo, McAllen, Edward G. Aparicio, Aparicio & McLaren, McAllen, for Relators.

Calhoun Bobbitt, Bobbitt & Halter, San Antonio, Steven A. Fleckman, Fleckman & McGlynn, Austin, Edmundo O. Ramirez, Ellis, Koeneke & Ramirez, McAllen, Orrin Harrison, III, Sheryl L. Hopkins, Vinson & Elkins, Dallas, J. Craig Youngblood, Houston, Tracy L. Howard, John Harrell Feldt, Jon Scott Hollyfield, Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., Houston, Reynaldo Ortiz, McAllen, Guy Stanford Lipe, Houston, J. G. Adami, Jr., Warburton, Adami, McNiell, Paisley & McGuire, Alice, Benjamin H. Sheppard, Andrew McCollam, Houston, Ralph H. Duggins, Bradley C. Poulos, Shayne D. Moses, Clifton Matthew Terrell, Cantey & Hanger, Fort Worth, Mark David Beatty, Cantey Hanger Gooch Munn & Collins, Fort Worth, Eduardo R. Rodriguez, Edward Michael Rodriguez, Rodriguez, Colvin & Chaney, Brownsville, for Real Parties in Interest.

Before SEERDEN, C.J., and CHAVEZ and RODRIGUEZ, JJ.


OPINION

SEERDEN, Chief Justice.

The present mandamus actions involve a dispute between two Hidalgo County district courts over jurisdiction concerning cases that have been consolidated and ordered transferred back and forth between the 139th District Court and the 370th District Court. Interconnected with this dispute is a related issue concerning the effect of the attempted disqualification of the judge of the 139th District Court. We conclude that mandamus...

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