IN RE TORCH ENERGY MARKETING, INC.

No. 04-98-00520-CV.

989 S.W.2d 20 (1998)

In re TORCH ENERGY MARKETING, INC.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Overruled April 1, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren W. Harris, Craig L. Stahl, Stephen J. Joncus, Bracewell & Patterson, L.L.P., Houston, for Appellant.

Steven W. Ellis, Ellis & Prehn, P.C., Corpus Christi, Timothy E. Gehl, Russell D. Workman, King & Pennington, L.L.P., Gary E. Ellison, Gary E. Ellison, P.C., Houston, Timothy J. Herman, Herman, Bullion, Howry and Horton, Austin, for Appellee.

Before HARDBERGER, C.J., and RICKHOFF and ANGELINI, JJ.


OPINION

ANGELINI, Justice.

Relator, Torch Energy Marketing, Inc., seeks a writ of mandamus ordering respondent, Judge Fernando Mancias, to vacate his orders in the underlying case and to disqualify himself from any further proceedings in the case. Because Judge Mancias's disqualification is mandatory under the Texas Government Code, we conditionally grant the writ.

The underlying suit arises from a dispute over an oil and gas lease. Torch Energy...

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